Color Theory for young adults
Color Theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual effects of a specific color combination.
Color Theory Vocabulary:
Primary Colors: Red, Yellow, Blue
Secondary Colors: Purple(a mixture of blue and red), Purple (a mixture of blue and red), and Orange (a mixture of yellow and red).
Tertiary/Intermediate Colors: made by combining a primary color with a related secondary color. or combining two secondary colors. Examples orange + green, purple & orange, red-violet, yellow-orange.
Complementary Colors: colors directly opposite each other in the color spectrum, such as red and green or blue and orange, that when combined in the right proportions, produce white light
Cool/Warm Colors: Warm colors are often said to be hues from red through yellow, browns and tans included; cool colors are often said to be the hues from blue green through blue violet, most grays included.
Analogous: groups of three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel, which tends to be a primary or secondary color, and a tertiary. Red, orange, and red-violet are examples.
Triadic: color scheme uses colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel.
Split Complementary: scheme is a variation of the complementary color scheme. In addition to the base color, it uses the two colors adjacent to its complement.
Color Theory Vocabulary:
Primary Colors: Red, Yellow, Blue
Secondary Colors: Purple(a mixture of blue and red), Purple (a mixture of blue and red), and Orange (a mixture of yellow and red).
Tertiary/Intermediate Colors: made by combining a primary color with a related secondary color. or combining two secondary colors. Examples orange + green, purple & orange, red-violet, yellow-orange.
Complementary Colors: colors directly opposite each other in the color spectrum, such as red and green or blue and orange, that when combined in the right proportions, produce white light
Cool/Warm Colors: Warm colors are often said to be hues from red through yellow, browns and tans included; cool colors are often said to be the hues from blue green through blue violet, most grays included.
Analogous: groups of three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel, which tends to be a primary or secondary color, and a tertiary. Red, orange, and red-violet are examples.
Triadic: color scheme uses colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel.
Split Complementary: scheme is a variation of the complementary color scheme. In addition to the base color, it uses the two colors adjacent to its complement.
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| Triadac |
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| Split Complementary |
Tint/ Shades: tint is mixture of a color with white, which increases lightness, and a shade is the mixture of a color with black, which reduces lightness
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| Red Monochromatic Scale
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Monochromatic: all the colors(tints, tones, and shades) of a single hue
Polychromatic: means having several colors. It is used to describe light that exhibits more than one color, which also means that it contains radiation of more than one wavelength. The study of polychromatic is particularly useful in the production of diffraction gratings.
Color Theory Painting Practice:
1) Describe and show examples of all the different color theory to students.
-Talk about the different the categories and ask student name some of the color combinations and call out some colors.
-Ask students what color theories they are.
-You can give each student a box of crayons and have them place the right colors in a matching color theory trays and have group completions.
***Important: Make sure students have a firm understanding of them and clear up any confusion now, before moving on to mixing the color combinations.
2) Demonstrate basic painting application and proper color mixing techniques (for Tempera paints).
3)Start color schemes, color mixing and painting application out on the color wheel.
***Handing out a "full color" Color Wheel to each student first, is a great help.
-Next demonstration how to create your own color wheel.
-Have students create their own color wheel or paint a premade one in, mixing all their own colors.
4)Next go back over the color theory definitions again.
-Then demonstrate one or two blocks of each color chart you have chose for your students to learn in color theory
-You can find charts on line, make your own, or have you students make their own.
3) Draw 2inch Blocks on Paper
****Measure Twice Draw Once !!!!
1) Describe and show examples of all the different color theory to students.
-Talk about the different the categories and ask student name some of the color combinations and call out some colors.
-Ask students what color theories they are.
-You can give each student a box of crayons and have them place the right colors in a matching color theory trays and have group completions.
***Important: Make sure students have a firm understanding of them and clear up any confusion now, before moving on to mixing the color combinations.
2) Demonstrate basic painting application and proper color mixing techniques (for Tempera paints).
3)Start color schemes, color mixing and painting application out on the color wheel.
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| Color wheel worksheet |
***Handing out a "full color" Color Wheel to each student first, is a great help.
-Next demonstration how to create your own color wheel.
-Have students create their own color wheel or paint a premade one in, mixing all their own colors.
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| Color Wheel |
4)Next go back over the color theory definitions again.
-Then demonstrate one or two blocks of each color chart you have chose for your students to learn in color theory
-You can find charts on line, make your own, or have you students make their own.
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| Example 1 |
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| Example 2 |
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| McBride 1997 |
The Color Theory Project
Drawing enlargement:
1)Photograph each student
-Change photo to black and white image
-Apply Filter,
Photoshop>Filter Gallery>Cutouts or
Photoshop>Image>Adjustments>posterize
-Print 11X 8 black
2)Draw 1inch blocks over picture.
*****Measure Twice Draw once!!!!!
3) Draw 2inch Blocks on Paper
****Measure Twice Draw Once !!!!
4)Transfer the picture using the grid as a guide. Match each block on the 1 inch picture with the same block on the 2inch paper and draw the small lines in that block on the paper.
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| Transferring picture using grid system |
5) Pick a color scheme/theory.
-Make sure to discuss the idea/ concept with the student first to see if they full understand what they are about to doing before they start painting.
6) Start Painting.
-Make sure to discuss the idea/ concept with the student first to see if they full understand what they are about to doing before they start painting.
6) Start Painting.
7) An alternative:
- is to find a magazine or photo and start at step 2
divide the picture into Radom section when it comes time to paint and do each section in different color scheme.
-Photo copy the picture or photo into black and white
-skip the grid and free hand the image.
Below: Draw from a photography, freehand (no grid), Sectioned into a Radom design and done in Monochromatic and Complimentary Colors
- is to find a magazine or photo and start at step 2
divide the picture into Radom section when it comes time to paint and do each section in different color scheme.
-Photo copy the picture or photo into black and white
-skip the grid and free hand the image.
Below: Draw from a photography, freehand (no grid), Sectioned into a Radom design and done in Monochromatic and Complimentary Colors
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| J.McBride, Wild Rose, 1998 |
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