1. Color

2. Color and Light
White light is composed of wavelengths that
represent the spectrum of colors.

3. Color has three properties
…hue, value and intensity
Color - a general term which applies to the
whole spectrum
Hue - a word to use to refer to pure
spectrum colors
Intensity - the brightness or dullness of a color

4. 12 step color wheel

5. Color Categories
Primary Colors
Secondary Colors
Intermediate Colors
Complementary Colors

6. Primary Colors
Red, Yellow, Blue
…cannot be made by mixing

7. Secondary Colors
Orange, Violet, Green
…created by mixing two primaries

8. Intermediate Colors
Red Orange, Yellow Green, Blue Violet,
…mixing a primary with a secondary

9. Complementary Colors
colors that are opposite each other on the
color wheel
…when mixed together they neutralize
each other

10. Color Value and Intensity

11. Tints, Shades, Tones

12. Color Harmonies
• Analogous - next to each other on the color wheel
• Tertiary - three equally spaced on the wheel
• Monochromatic - one color in different values and
intensity
• Warm colors give the feeling of warmth
• Cool colors give the feeling of coolness

13. Expressive Qualities of color create
feeling and mood
Pablo Picasso's tragic
and poignant "Old
Guitarist" was created
during his Blue Period
(1901 - 1904), after a
close friend's suicide
plunged him into a deep
depression.

14. Optical Color Mixing
Georges Seurat (pointillist painter)
laid down small dots of different colors
and allowed the viewer to optically mix
them
Georges
Seurat
(1859-91),
Sunday
Afternoon on
the Island of
the Grande
Jatte
(pointillism).

15. In one complete sentence describe how Vincent
Van Gogh used color to create an expressive
mood or feeling in this painting.