UNIT #6 Color Schemes
Louise Fisher / Color 113 / Fall 2017
Color HarmonyHarmony - a pleasing arrangement of
parts that creates a whole.
Ex: music, food, poetry
In color harmony, there is a sense
of intrigue, balance, and order in the
artwork.
Georgia O’Keeffe
Pink & Blue II, 1919
The color wheelUsing the color wheel for
choosing a color scheme is VERY
useful.
Predicts how the colors will
interact with one another.
Warm vs cool colorsWarm colors = yellow through red
Associated with sun, fire and heat.
Cool colors = green through violet
Associated with snow/ice, forests, water.
Yellow-green and red-violet are considered both.
Achromatic Color SchemeColors that only differ in value (have no hue).
Monochromatic Color SchemeA single color (hue) that differs almost
exclusively by value.
Analogous Color Scheme Colors that appear next to one another
on the color wheel.
Typically warm or cool.
Complementary Color SchemeColors that appear opposite of one
another on the color wheel.
These colors contrast with one another
greatly.
“Opposites attract”
TriadicColors that appear in a triangular
formation on the color wheel.
Primary triadic = red, blue, yellow
Secondary triadic = orange, green, purple
TetradColors that appear in a rectangular
formation on the color wheel.
Ex: yellow-green, green-blue, orange-red,
red-violet
Pick that color scheme!
Ansel Adams
Andy Warhol
Mark Rothko
Vogue fashion adCirca 2010
Pablo Picasso
Mysterious living roomVia Google Images
Unit 5 project“Schemes of Scenes”
Relief printing
Favorite Film blogpost
Work by Sean Starwars
Weebly Blog Post Demo
Relief printmakingLinocut or woodcut
Cutting away the white area, inking the
black (raised) surface.
Transferring image onto receiving surface
(paper, fabric, etc.)
OG in China 2,000 years ago!
Andrea Lauren (Ink Print Repeat)English artist based in US
Print & textiles
Works with linocuts
On Instagram @inkprintrepeat
Tugboat PrintshopCollaborative print duo
Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth
Pittsburg, PA
Multi-layered color woodcuts
References to folk-art
Arts & Crafts movement
Drive by PressCollaborative printmaking
group (NYC)
Founded by Greg Nanney
& Joseph Valesquez
Travelling printing press
Relief on shirts
Choosing your image Ex: Into the Wild
Choose a still that has an
Interesting color scheme.
(No text, simple scene)
Choose compositionFocus on a detail of the scene
to simplify your image.
(We are working SMALL!)
Flip image horizontallyWhen an image is printed onto a
Surface, it is mirrored (flipped).
Make sure to flip image horizontally
on a program like Photoshop.
(Or if you don't mind it being backwards
don't sweat it).
Printing the imageHorizontally flipped
Will be inked and printed
on a surface (paper).
Think of it like an elaborate
rubber stamp!
Coloring the image1. Edition of 3 prints2. Each print will be hand-colored3. 3 different color schemes4. 1 “natural”, 1 “artificial”, 1 wildcard
