warm and cold colors

WARM AND COLD COLORS

Every color has a certain tendency towards what's

called warm and cool or cold.

WARM COLORS

Red, yellow and orange are traditionally associated with warm or

hot things, like the shining sun, a glowing sunset or a roaring fire.

These colors tend to advance towards the viewer.

COLD COLORS

You can see these kinds of colors in objects that are naturally cold: green

trees, blue water and sky, violet clouds on a snowy day.

Cold colors tend to recede into the background, to create a calm, quiet

and moody effect.

Pablo Picasso appreciated the power of blue.

During his well-known Blue Period (1901-1904), he produced

expressive paintings in a variety of blues.

EXERCISE 1You are going

to draw pictures that make you feel

warm and cold.Materials: markers,

colored pencils, one drawing

paper.

If you are going to use red, yellow and orange (warm colors) you must draw something that is warm, or that makes you feel warm.

The same with greens, blues, and purples (cold colors).

warm

drawing

cold

drawing

EXERCISE 2

Van Gogh, THE STARRY NIGHT

Van Gogh used vivid cold colors and swirling, moving and curving lines in

this painting.

How would this landscape look during the day? Show it in your own picture

using warm colors.