COLOR

• The element of art derived from reflected light
• Has three qualities: hue, value, and intensity

HUE

• Name of a color according to the categories of the color wheel

VALUE

• Relative lightness or darkness of a hue
• Changes through additions of white and black

INTENSITY

• Relative purity of a color
• Refers to the brightness (high) or dullness (low) of a hue
• Also called chroma or saturation
• Adding a hue's complementary color lowers the hue's intensity (subtraction process)

TONALITY

• Refers to the overall effect of a work of art when one color and variations of it seem to dominate the whole

COLOR HARMONIES

1. Monochromatic

• Composed of variations of the same hue

2. Complementary


involves two colors opposite one another on the color wheel

• Complementary colors react more vividly with each other thereby creating more intense hues

3. Analogous

• Combines colors adjacent to each other on the color wheel

4. Triadic

• Composed of any three colors equidistant from each other on the color wheel

WARM COLORS VS. COOL COLORS

• Colors are relatively warm or cold only due to associations

OPTICAL EFFECTS OF COLOR

• Simultaneous contrast

ADVANCING VS. RECEDING COLORS

• Warmer, high-intensity, and dark-value hues appear larger and advancing than cooler, low-intensity, and high-value hues, which appear smaller and receding

OPTICAL COLOR MIXTURE

• When small patches of different colors are close together, the eye may blend them to produce a new color.
• Pointillism - dots of pure color are placed next to each other