Art Element:

Color

These are:

Primary colors

Primary colors cannot be made by mixing other

colors.

Primary colors are mixed to make all of the other colors.

What happens when I mix…

Secondary ColorsColors made by mixing two of the primary colors.

Tertiary Colors

Are colors that are made by mixing a

primary color and a secondary color.

Yellow-orange

Blue-green

Yellow-green

Blue-purple

Red-purple

Red-orange

(the six labeled colors)

Complementary Colors- are found across from one another on the color wheel and share NO

common color.

Red

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Green

Orange

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Blue

Yellow

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Purple

Complementary Colors make one

another seem

BRIGHTER

What pair of complementary colors did van Gogh use in his 1888 painting, The Night Café?

Red and green

Analogous colors are found directly beside one another on the color wheel and they share

a common color.

Blue-purple, blue, and blue-green are three colors that are analogous to one another. They all have blue in common.

What analogous colors does van Gogh use in his painting, Sunflowers?

Orange

Yellow-orange

Yellow

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Monochromatic color scheme is:

“Mono” means one and “chroma” means color. A monochromatic color scheme is different values of a single color.

Hue= the pure color

Tint= the color plus white to make a lighter value of that color

Shade= the color plus black to make a darker value of that color

Tone= the color plus gray

Monochromatic painting in green

Primary colors

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