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Colour Theory
This document provides an overview of colour theory, including definitions of primary, secondary, and tertiary colours; complementary colours; saturation and value; warm and cool colours; colour harmonies like monochromatic, analogous, and split complementary; and concepts like simultaneous contrast, tonality, and emotional responses to colour. It also lists several artists and artworks as examples.
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Colour Theory
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- 3. Primary Colours Coloursat their basic essence; those colours that cannot be created by mixing others.
- 4. Secondary Colours Colours achieved by a mixture of two primaries.
- 5. Tertiary Colours Colours achieved by a mixture of primary and secondary hues.
- 6. Complementary Colours Colours located opposite each other on a colour wheel.
- 7. Saturation tells howpure or full a colour is
- 8. Value tells howintensive, or light a surface is
- 9. Changes in value,whether sudden or gradual, can add greatly to the visual impact of art forms. Changes in value can also be used to help the artist express an idea.
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- 11. Shade: Ahue produced by the addition of black. Tint: A hue produced by the addition of white.
- 12. Warm and coolcolours
- 13. Colour Harmonies MonochromaticAnalogous Complementary Split Complementary Triadic
- 14. Monochromatic Relationship Colours that are shade or tint variations of the same hue
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- 18. La Grotte DeLa Loue , 1481 - Gustave Courbet. Courbet
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- 23. Analogous Relationship Colourslocated adjacent to each other on a colour wheel.
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- 26. Houses in Provence, Paul Cezanne
- 27. Complementary Relationship Those colours across from each other on a colour wheel.
- 28. Georgia O'Keeffe Leavesof a Plant
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- 32. Split Complementary Splitcomplementary groupings have a colour and the two colours adjacent to that colours complement. Example: Yellow/Red Violet/Blue Violet.
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- 35. Triadic Relationship Three hues equally positioned on a colour wheel.
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- 37. La Mousmé , 1815 - Vincent Van Gogh.
- 38. Simultaneous Contrast Notice how the red on the right responds to its association with blue
- 39. Another example Identicalcolors appear to shift when framed by different backgrounds or patterns. This is called "simultaneous contrast" and has a variety of affects on how we see things.
- 40. The round dotsare all exactly the same color gray. I merely created the one on the extreme right and then copied it to each of the darker rectangles.
- 41. Take the AfterImage Test Stare at this image for at least 20 seconds.
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- 44. Tonality Dominant colour Sub-dominant colours Accent
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- 46. Colour Discord Purposefuljuxtaposition of colours to create a negative reaction or even a feeling of vibration; typically achieved through paring of colours which are widely separated on the colour wheel but not complements (such as orange and red-purple).
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- 49. Emotional Response toColour Sandy Skoglund, Revenge
- 50. Sandy Skoglund, Radioactive Cats , 1980 Cibachrome print, 30 X 40 in.
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- 54. "Harlequin," 1927,oil on canvas
- 55. "Vertical and DiagonalPlanes," by Kupka
- 56. "Star Dancer withHer Dance School," by Francis Picabia
- 57. Dancer-Airplane Propeller-Sea byGino Severini,
- 58. La tristesse duroi (Matisse)