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Understanding the Color Wheel: Basic Knowledge and Theory of Colors

This educational resource delves into the essential concepts of color theory, particularly focusing on the color wheel. It introduces primary colors (red, blue, yellow), secondary colors (orange, green, purple), and intermediate colors formed by their combinations. Explore the significance of neutral colors, complementary colors, and the differences between warm and cool colors. Learn about tint, shade, intensity, and monochromatic schemes, with artistic examples from famous artists like Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh to illustrate these color concepts.

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Understanding the Color Wheel: Basic Knowledge and Theory of Colors

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  1. Color Unit Basic Knowledge and Theory Mr. Wilson- Middle School Art

  2. The Color Wheel What is a Hue?

  3. PRIMARY Colors • Red • Blue • Yellow

  4. SECONDARY Colors • Orange • Green • Purple/ Violet

  5. INTERMEDIATE/ TERTIARY • Made by combining a primary and a secondary • Red + Orange = Red-Orange • Yellow + Green = Yellow-Green • Orange + Yellow = Yellow-Orange • Blue + Green = ___?____

  6. NEUTRAL COLORS • Brown • Gray/Grey • Black • White

  7. COMPLIMENTARY Colors • Across from each other on the color wheel • Red- Green • Orange- Blue • Purple- Yellow

  8. Warm Colors Cool Colors • Anything in the range of yellow, orange, and red • Anything in the range of green, blue, and purple

  9. VALUE The natural lightness or darkness of a hue or the amount of white or black in a color. (Ex pink is a value of red. Navy is a value of blue)

  10. Color MIXING Tint Shade A Hue plus white (water) A Hue plus black

  11. INTENSITY • The purity of a hue. A hue at its highest intensity has no other color mixed with it.

  12. MONOCHROMATIC • Mono means one and chrome means color. a scheme that uses black and white and only values of one color. Pablo Picasso- Old Guitarist 

  13. ANALAGOUS • A scheme that consist of three or four adjacent colors on the color wheel. • (Ex. Yellow-green, Yellow, Yellow-orange, Orange)  Vincent Van Gogh- Sunflowers

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