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Color Schemes
Understanding and Applying Color
(Comprendre et appliquer les couleurs)
Primary Colors
• RED, YELLOW, BLUE• Primary because they can’t
be made using other colors
• (Primaire parce qu'ils ne peuvent pas être faites en utilisant d'autres couleurs)
Johannes Vermeer “The Milkmaid”
Johannes (Jan) Vermeer, Dutch Master, 1632-1675
Secondary Colors
• ORANGE, GREEN, PURPLE• Primary + Primary =
Secondary• Red and Blue = purple
• Yellow and Blue = green• Yellow and Red = orange
Georges Seurat, “Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” 1884-1886
Tertiary Colors
Six tertiary colors:
Red Orange Yellow Orange Yellow Green Blue GreenBlue Purple Red Purple
• Primary + Secondary = Tertiary
Color Wheel
Terminology
• Hue - the color itself (la couleur elle-même)• Chroma - the brightness and dullness of a color
(la luminosité et la matité de la couleur)• Value (valeur)- the lightness or darkness of a
color (la clarté ou l'obscurité d'une couleur)• Tint (teinte) - color plus white (couleur plus
blanche)• Tone - color plus grey (couleur plus grise)• Shade - color plus black (couleur + noir)
Some Yellow Variations
Color Schemes
• Complementary - across from each other on the color wheel
• Split Complementary - using the neighbors of one of the complimentary colors
• Analogous - three colors next to each other• Triadic - evenly spaced around color wheel
Color Schemes
ba
c d
complementary
Split complementary analogous
triadic
Complementary Color Scale
Tint/ Shade Grid
Robert Swain, Untitled Works
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