Painting Test 2

Hue

the quality by which we give a color a name (blue green)

Value

the degree of lightness or darkness

Intensity

the degree of purity
(red or grey)

analogous colors

colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel; colors that share a family resemblance

complementary colors

colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel; colors that when mixed together result in gray and when placed sided by side appear to intensify each other

split complementary

triad

tetrad

or square (compliments)

hexad

6 colors
(compliments)

What is ideal harmony?

Ideal harmony is achieved when the relationship between any number of colors represents completeness/wholeness. Y, R, and B (the primary colors) represent the potential of all the colors of the wheel; thus, represent completeness.
For example, a complemen

color schemes that DO NOT achieve ideal harmony

Monochromatic
Analogous

color schemes that DO achieve ideal harmony

Complementary
Split-Complementary
Triad
Tetrad
Hexad

Types of Pictorial Space

Illusionistic Space
Flat Space
Ambiguous Space

Illusionistic Space

Treats the two-dimensional painting surface like a window opening into a three- dimensional world. It creates a consistent illusion of depth.

Flat Space

Reinforces the two-dimensional painting surface, denying depth of space.

Ambiguous Space

Combines characteristics of illusionistic and flat space within the same two-dimensional surface.