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The Science of Art:
How Artists Use
COLOR
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Primary Colors
• Primary colors include red, yellow, and blue.
• They can be mixed to create all colors of the rainbow.
• They are the foundation of the color wheel.
• Dance at Bougival, by Renior
Source: http:// www.art.com
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Secondary Colors
• Secondary colors include orange, green, and violet (purple).
• They can be created by mixing the primary colors.
• They are also located on the color wheel.
• Improvisation 31, by Kandinsky
Source: www.nga.gov/kids/kandinsky/kandinsky1.html
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The Color Wheel
• The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue.
• The secondary colors are orange green, and violet (purple).
• Starting at the top and moving clockwise, the colors in order are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet (purple)-the same as the visible light spectrum.
• (ROY G. BV)
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Complementary Colors
• Complementary colors are pairs of colors that are located opposite from one another on the color wheel.
• Red and green
• Yellow and violet (purple)
• Blue and orange
• They appear to vibrate when placed side by side.
• Homage to Bleriot, by Robert Delaunay
Source: http://www.abstract-art.com/abstraction/l2_Grnfthrs_fldr/g024_delaunay_hmge2bleriot.html
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How is this useful in art?
• Artists can make use of the science of color.
• Physically mixing colors may dull them.
• Colors placed side by side may allow our eyes to mix them (optical mixing), especially from a distance.
• Street, Dresden, by Kirchner
Source: http://www.moma.org/collection/depts/paint_sculpt/blowups/paint_sculpt_008.html
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Pointillism
• Pointillism is a technique of painting in which many tiny dots (or points) are combined to form a picture.
• These dots may be as small as 1/16 of an inch in diameter.
• When 2 complementary colors are placed side by side, each will appear more vibrant and intense than if viewed separately.
• Hafen von St. Tropez, by Signac
Source: http://www.postershop.com
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Georges Seurat
• Seurat was an artist who used pointillism.
• An example of his work is A Sunday on la Grande Jatte.
• It took him 2 years to complete this painting.
• It is estimated to contain about 3,456,000 dots! Source: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/eurptg/28pc_seurat.html
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Sources of Information
• http://www.geocities.com/bvijay/paints/Seurat.html
• How to Teach Art to Children, by Joy Evans and Jo Ellen Moore
• “Monet, Renior, and the Impressionist Landscape,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Sources for Works of Art
• Slide 2, Dance at Bougival, by Renior (www.art.com)
• Slide 3, Improvisation 31, by Kandinsky (www.nga.gov/kids/kandinsky/kandinsky1.html)
• Slide 5, Charing Cross Bridge, by Derain (http://btr0xw.rz.uni-bayreuth.de/cjackson/derain/p-derain1.htm)
• Slide 6, Street, Dresden, by Kirchner (http://www.moma.org/collection/depts/paint_sculpt/blowups/paint_sculpt_008.html)
• Slide 7, Hafen von St. Tropez, by Signac (www.postershop.com)
• Slide 8, A Sunday on la Grande Jatte, by Seurat (www.artic.edu/aic/collections/eurptg/28pc_seurat.html)