Art- Colors

The element of art derived from reflected light. The sensation of color is aroused in the brain by response of the eyes to different wavelengths of light. Color has 3 properties: hue, value and intensity.

A color from the color spectrum (Primary colors>red, yellow, blue and secondary colors>orange, green, violet).

The degree of lightness or darkness of a color. Depends on how much light a surface reflects.

The brightness of dullness of a color. A pure hue is called a high-intensity color. A dulled hue ( a color mixed with its complement) is called a low intensity color.

uses only one hue and all values of it.

Uses colors that contain a common hue and are not found next to each other on the color wheel. For example: violet, red-violet, and red are analogous colors.

Uses two colors opposite one another on the color wheel. A complement of a color absorbs all the light waves the color reflects and is the strongest contrast to the color. Mixing a hue with its complement dulls it. Red and green are complementary colors.

Uses one hue and the hues on each side of its complement on the color wheel. Red-Orange, blue, and green are split-complementary colors.

Uses red, orange, and yellow. Warm colors suggest warmth and seem to move toward the viewer.

uses blue, green, and violet. Cool colors suggest coolness and seem to recede from the viewer.

"earthy" Brown, grey

darker

lighter

tertiary (red-orange)

eyes light pigment