Color
The element of art derived from reflected light. The sensation of color is aroused in the brain by response of the eyes to different wavelengths of light. Color has 3 properties: hue, value and intensity.
Hue
A color from the color spectrum (Primary colors>red, yellow, blue and secondary colors>orange, green, violet).
Value
The degree of lightness or darkness of a color. Depends on how much light a surface reflects.
Intensity
The brightness of dullness of a color. A pure hue is called a high-intensity color. A dulled hue ( a color mixed with its complement) is called a low intensity color.
Mono chromatic
uses only one hue and all values of it.
Analogous
Uses colors that contain a common hue and are not found next to each other on the color wheel. For example: violet, red-violet, and red are analogous colors.
Complementary
Uses two colors opposite one another on the color wheel. A complement of a color absorbs all the light waves the color reflects and is the strongest contrast to the color. Mixing a hue with its complement dulls it. Red and green are complementary colors.
Split-complementary
Uses one hue and the hues on each side of its complement on the color wheel. Red-Orange, blue, and green are split-complementary colors.
Warm
Uses red, orange, and yellow. Warm colors suggest warmth and seem to move toward the viewer.
Cool
uses blue, green, and violet. Cool colors suggest coolness and seem to recede from the viewer.
Neutral
earthy" Brown, grey
Shade
darker
tint
lighter
primary+secondary
tertiary (red-orange)
How do you see color?
eyes light pigment
Color
The element of art derived from reflected light. The sensation of color is aroused in the brain by response of the eyes to different wavelengths of light. Color has 3 properties: hue, value and intensity.
Hue
A color from the color spectrum (Primary colors>red, yellow, blue and secondary colors>orange, green, violet).
Value
The degree of lightness or darkness of a color. Depends on how much light a surface reflects.
Intensity
The brightness of dullness of a color. A pure hue is called a high-intensity color. A dulled hue ( a color mixed with its complement) is called a low intensity color.
Mono chromatic
uses only one hue and all values of it.
Analogous
Uses colors that contain a common hue and are not found next to each other on the color wheel. For example: violet, red-violet, and red are analogous colors.
Complementary
Uses two colors opposite one another on the color wheel. A complement of a color absorbs all the light waves the color reflects and is the strongest contrast to the color. Mixing a hue with its complement dulls it. Red and green are complementary colors.
Split-complementary
Uses one hue and the hues on each side of its complement on the color wheel. Red-Orange, blue, and green are split-complementary colors.
Warm
Uses red, orange, and yellow. Warm colors suggest warmth and seem to move toward the viewer.
Cool
uses blue, green, and violet. Cool colors suggest coolness and seem to recede from the viewer.
Neutral
earthy" Brown, grey
Shade
darker
tint
lighter
primary+secondary
tertiary (red-orange)
How do you see color?
eyes light pigment