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An Introduction to COLOR THEORY
by Lawrence Montgomery George Washington High School
All graphics by Lawrence Montgomery©
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Color is one of the most expressive elements because its quality affects our emotions directly and immediately.- In representational art, color serves to identify objects and to create the effect of illusionistic space
Orange Bowl and Yellow Apples1980, Oil on canvas
Janet Fish
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Red, Yellow & Blue
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Roy LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)Untitled1974Silkscreen 82/100113 cm x 90 cmTehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Primary color scheme
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When you mix a primary color with a primary color next to it on the color wheel you get a secondary color.
Red+Yellow=Orange
Yellow+Blue=Green
Blue+Red=Violet
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To achieve Tertiary Colors you mix the primary & secondary colors next to each other on the color wheel.
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Warm and cool color schemes
Warm colors
Cool colors
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Henri Fantin-LatourFrench, 1836 - 1904Still Life, 1866oil on canvas, 62 x 74.8 cm (24 3/8 x 29 1/2 in.)National Gallery of Art, Washington
Local color (objective color)
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Subjective color
Subjective colors are when the colors do not represent the actual local color.
MarlynAndy WarholSilk screen print
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Poplars on the Banks of the River Epte, SunsetClaude Monet, 1891The Athenaeum
Local or subjective?
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Andy WarholElvis I and II 1964silkscreen on acrylic, on aluminum208.3 x 208.3 cm
Complementary Color scheme
Complementary colors: colors opposite each
other on the color wheelRed/Green Orange/Blue Yellow/Violet
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Conditioned color & atmospheric conditioning-
colors appear more intense in the foreground
and have a lesser value in background
Conditioned color & Neutralized Color
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Neutralized color - color intensity is neutralized by adding
its complement or a neutral color, white, black or grey.
Conditioned color & Neutralized Color
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Local color: the actual color of an objectTonal color: the color variations that result from the effects of light and shadow.
Reflected color -any object you look at is influenced by the color of the environment.
These colors are reflections of surrounding objects.
Local Color
Reflected Color
Tonal Color
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Atmospheric conditioning
Neutralizedcolors
The Wolf River, KansasAlbert Bierstadtc.1859Oil on canvas48 1/8 x 38 1/8 inches (122.5 x 97.1 cm)The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, USA
Warm color scheme
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Color evokes mood
Cool color scheme
Pablo Picasso,
The Tragedy, 1903, oil on wood, 1.053 x .690 m (41 7/16 x 27 3/16 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington,
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Light intensity
- a color appears lighter when the color around it is darker
Michelangelo Merisi called CaravaggioMadonna dei Palafrenieri (1605)oil on canvascm. 2,92x2,11Borghese Gallery
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Liubov PopovaSitzender weiblicher Akt, 1914, Oil on canvas106 x 87 cmMuseum LudwigAnalogous
Colors
Analogous Colors – colors that have ‘neighboring’ hues,
contain one common color from the color wheel.
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Warm or cool color scheme?
Paul Cezanne 1839-1906Landscape, 1900Oil on canvas h62.2 cm , w 51.5 cm
Analogous or complementary color schemes?
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Georges Seurat French, 1859-1891A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884Oil on canvas207.5 x 308 cm
Optical color mixtures are when the artist depends on the eye to mix the colors.
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Local color?
Chuck CloseLyle, 2002Chuck Close (American, born 1940)147-color silk screen65 1/2 x 53 7/8 in. Edition of 80
Optical colormixture
Complementary color scheme?