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Mastering Color Theory: Schemes, Properties & Creation Tips

Discover the essence of color in art! Explore color schemes, properties, and creation methods, including tints, shades, and tones. Learn about warm and cool colors, monochromatic schemes, and more. Dive into the world of Picasso, O'Keefe, Matisse, and Van Gogh as you unravel the mysteries of color psychology and symbolism. Unleash your creativity with hands-on activities to enhance your understanding of color theory in art. Let your imagination run wild as you experiment with different color schemes in your own unique creations.

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Mastering Color Theory: Schemes, Properties & Creation Tips

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  1. Bell Ringer 11-11-14 What is Color?

  2. Bell Ringer 11-12-14 What is a Color Wheel?

  3. Bell Ringer 11-17-14 What is a Color Scheme? What are some examples of Color Schemes?

  4. Bell Ringer 11-18-14 What are the 3 Properties of Color?

  5. Bell Ringer 11-19-14 What is tint, shade and tone?

  6. Bell Ringer 11-20-14 How do you create tints, shades & tones in paint?

  7. Step ONE: Paint & Cut out Color Wheel

  8. Step TWO: Trace cut out lightly onto Sketchbook.

  9. Step THREE: Cut out “windows” in your Sketchbook

  10. Step FOUR: Poke a hole through the center of both.

  11. Step FIVE: Place a brad through the holes. Secure.

  12. Final Product: Label outside.

  13. COLOR In art

  14. An element of art Has three properties: (1) HUE the color name, e.g., red, yellow, blue, etc. (2) INTENSITY The brightness and strength of a color (3) VALUE the lightness or darkness of a color

  15. The visual (color) spectrum is organized as a color wheel. . The colors can divided into groups (or schemes).

  16. Frank Stella

  17. Franz Marc

  18. Dale Chihuly

  19. Warm and Cool Colors Psychologically, warm colors are said to be stimulating and passionate. Warm colors remind you of FIRE or the SUN. Optically, warm colors generally appear to advance, coming toward the viewer. Cool colors are calming, unemphatic, depressive; and optically, they generally appear to recede. Cool colors remind you of WATER or ICE.

  20. Picasso

  21. O’Keefe

  22. Matisse

  23. Color Schemes: Primary & Secondary (Triads / Triadic) Triads form an equal-distant triangle. (3 colors in between)

  24. Lichtenstein

  25. Andy Warhol

  26. Jasper Johns

  27. Thiebaud

  28. Thiebaud

  29. Monochromatic A single hue plus its tints, tones and shades (think values of that color)

  30. Henry Matisse

  31. Dale Chihuly

  32. Color Scheme: Complementary Colors opposite each other on the color wheel, create High Contrast.

  33. Van Gogh

  34. Color Scheme: Split Complementary The combination of one hue plus, the hues on each side of it’s complement.

  35. Gauguin

  36. Van Gogh

  37. Color Scheme: Analogous Colors that sit side by side on the color wheel and have a common hue. (3-5 colors)

  38. Andy Goldsworthy

  39. Claude Monet

  40. O’Keefe

  41. More color terms/concepts: Color and mood Realistic vs. Arbitrary (Subjective) or Symbolic Color

  42. Pisarro

  43. Paul Gauguin

  44. Pablo Picasso

  45. Van Gogh

  46. Your Assignment - 1 - Think about all of the samples you have seen and ways that color can be utilized… it is one of the most powerful and impactful elements in art. 2 - Subject matter, size and material are up to you… Some possibilities - an interior or exterior space with arbitrary color a self portrait using color for mood (think about distortion too) an abstract piece exploring a color scheme a still life or magnified view utlizing a color scheme a surrealist work (based on dreams) using a complementary palette

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