Colour Theory
 
Primary Colours Colours at their basic essence; those colours that cannot be created by mixing others.
Secondary Colours  Colours achieved by a mixture of two primaries.
Tertiary Colours  Colours achieved by a mixture of primary and secondary hues.
Complementary Colours  Colours located opposite each other  on a colour wheel.
Saturation tells how pure or full a colour is
Value tells how intensive,  or light a surface is
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.
Saturation and Value
Shade:  A hue produced by the addition of black.   Tint:  A hue produced by the addition of white.
Warm and cool colours
Colour Harmonies Monochromatic Analogous Complementary Split Complementary Triadic
Monochromatic Relationship  Colours that are shade or tint variations of the same hue
 
 
 
La Grotte De La Loue   ,  1481 - Gustave Courbet. Courbet
Picasso
 
Robert Coane
Carolus-Duran
Analogous Relationship Colours located adjacent to each other on a colour wheel.
 
 
Houses in Provence , Paul Cezanne
Complementary Relationship  Those colours across from each other on a colour wheel.
Georgia O'Keeffe Leaves of a Plant
 
 
Chagal
Split Complementary Split complementary groupings have a colour and the two colours adjacent to that colours complement. Example: Yellow/Red Violet/Blue Violet.
 
 
Triadic Relationship  Three hues equally positioned on a colour wheel.
 
La Mousmé  , 1815 - Vincent Van Gogh.
Simultaneous Contrast  Notice how the red on the right responds to its association with blue
Another example Identical colors 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.
The round dots are 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.
Take the After Image Test Stare at this image for at least 20 seconds.
 
 
Tonality Dominant colour  Sub-dominant colours  Accent
 
Colour Discord Purposeful juxtaposition 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).
 
 
Emotional Response to Colour Sandy Skoglund,  Revenge
Sandy Skoglund,  Radioactive Cats , 1980 Cibachrome print, 30 X 40 in.
 
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Close your eyes
"Harlequin,"  1927, oil on canvas
"Vertical and Diagonal Planes," by Kupka
"Star Dancer with Her Dance School,"   by Francis Picabia
Dancer-Airplane Propeller-Sea by Gino Severini,
La tristesse du roi  (Matisse)

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