COLOR or HUE

Color or hue is the property of light by which the color of an object is classified. This means that color is created by LIGHT! No light, no color The brighter the light the more intense the color.

COLOR WHEEL
The color wheel is a band of 12 colors arranged in a circle. Yellow is traditionally at the top of the color wheel

COLOR WHEEL

COLOR WHEEL

COLOR WHEEL

COLOR WHEEL
YELLOW

PRIMARY

RED

BLUE

PRIMARY COLORS

The primary colors, when mixed together, can produce any color on the color wheel. Often called parent colors These colors cannot be mixed together to achieve their original color. This is an example of a TRIAD three colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel.

COLOR WHEEL

COLOR WHEEL

COLOR WHEEL

COLOR WHEEL

ORANGE

GREEN

SECONDARY

VIOLET

SECONDARY COLORS

Secondary colors are produced by mixing equal amounts of any two primary colors. Red + Yellow = Orange Yellow + Blue = Green Red + Blue = Violet

COLOR WHEEL

COLOR WHEEL

COLOR WHEEL

COLOR WHEEL

COLOR WHEEL

COLOR WHEEL

COLOR WHEEL
YO YG

RO

TERTIARY

BG

RV

BV

TERTIARY COLORS
Tertiary colors are made by mixing equal amounts of one primary and one secondary color together. Each primary color has 2 tertiary colors. (ex. Yellow has yellow-green and yellow-orange) Always say the primary color first. (yellowgreen, blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet, redorange, yellow-orange)

COMPLIMENTARY COLORS

COMPLIMENTARY COLORS

Red/Green

Orange/Blue

Yellow/Violet

YG/RV

YO/BV

Complimentary colors are opposite each other on the color wheel. The colors must be EVENLY SPACED on the color wheel to be compliments. Complimentary colors look good together, they COMPLIMENT each other . Duh!

SPLIT COMPLIMENT

SPLIT COMPLIMENTS

Y=BV/RV

B=YO/RO

YG=V/R

RV=Y/G

BG=R/O

Any color plus the two colors that are on either side of the color s compliment. Yellow s split compliments are Blue-Violet and Red-Violet Blue s split compliments are Yellow-Orange and Red Orange

ANALOGOUS

ANALOGOUS

A series of 4 colors sitting next to each other on the color wheel Red, Red-Orange, Orange and Yellow-Orange

WARM COLORS

WARM COLORS

Colors that are associated with feeling warm Red through Yellow on the color wheel The color of heat and fire

COOL COLORS

COOL COLORS

Colors that are associated with the feeling of cool, cold, ice, and frigid. Green through Violet on the color wheel RV and YG are not labeled as either warm or cool.

TINT: adding white to a color

+ +

= =

SHADE: adding black to a color

VALUE: is the lightness or INTENSITY: is the brightness darkness of a color or dullness of a color

NEUTRALS

Any hue not associated with a color. Black, White, and shades of Grey