lecture 3 part 1
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ART 251: Lecture 3, part 1
Color Theory:Traditional Color Circle, Color Attributes,
and Color Schemes
color theory: color schemes & “traditional” color wheel
ART 251
ISAAC NEWTON DISCOVERED THAT LIGHTCONTAINED ALL COLORS OF THE RAINBOW.
ORGANIZED THE FIRST COLOR WHEEL
“Newton’s error was trusting math over the sensations of his eye.”
-Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), poet and author of Faust, published Theory of Colours in 1810. As a color theorist, he was more interested in how we perceive color.
COLOR IS ALSO A MATTER OF PERCEPTION AND HOW IT AFFECTS OUR BRAIN.
AFTER IMAGE EFFECT:
STARE AT THE RED CIRCLE, THEN MOVE GAZE TO BLACK DOT.WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Basic Color Wheel… but it is flawed!
Purple not so pure
Color Bias Wheel
How to use the Color Bias Wheel
to mix colors...
What happens when you mix complementary colors?
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What happens when you mix complementary colors?
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= a neutral grey or brown
Color Bias Wheel
Make brightest purple
Make duller purple because some blue and o r ange a re mixed
M a k e d u l l e s t purple, because blue is mixed with orange and red is mixed with green.
Understand this color wheel & you
will be more successful in color
mixing!
Itten’s Color Wheel
Ewald Hering (1834-1918)
The 3 Properties of Color
Hue Value
Intensity
Properties of Color
• HUE
• VALUE • INTENSITY (or saturation)
(Hate Videogames Immensely)
Properties of Color
HUE - the name of the color, the part of the color spectrum that the color belongs to: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, or violet.
There is no pure blue.
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If colored paints were actually pure color- every time any two “pure” colors of paint were mixed you would get black. The bits of blue in the blue paint would absorb the red and yellow light. The bits of yellow paint would absorb the red and blue light. No light would escape from the paint, and you’d see a perfectly black surface.
Properties of Color
V A L U E - l ightness or darkness of the hue.
Mark Rothko, Untitled (Black on Gray),
1969/1970.
MUNSELL VALUES
Add grey tone = tone
Inherent Value: “Normal” hues have different values.
Grayscale Chart
Low Key
High Key
Shadows in black and white...
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4-5
2-3
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Properties of Color
VALUE—lightness or darkness of the hue.
– Adding white produces a TINT – Adding black produces a SHADE
Add grey = tone.More subtle transitions in creating a 3D‐effect.
Contrast in Value:Monochromatic areas of shades and tints
Painting with a limited number of values
David Hockney, Mist, 1973. From The Weather Series. Lithograph, 37 X 32 in.
Painting with a limited number of values
Assignment # 4
MOSAIC VALUE DESIGNcreating an illusion of depth or 3‐D whilemaintaining values from a value scale
