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1. Color Theory… The booty of the art world. Click on the arrows to navigate the waters! www.nightowlds.com fp.academic.venturacollege.edu

2. Color Theory Objectives By the end of this module, students should be able to… • Correctly identify primary, secondary, and tertiary colors • Recognize complementary, split complementary, double complementary, and harmonious colors

3. What is Color Theory? • A body of practical guidance to color mixing • The visual impact of specific color combinations

4. Basic Color Types Complementary Colors Color Quiz Menu of Color Click on a box to continue

5. Primary Colors Secondary Colors Tertiary Colors Basic Color Types Click on a box to continue

6. Primary Colors • Red, Blue, and Yellow are the only primary colors • These colors make up all others • No color(s) mixed together can make these.

7. Examples with Primary Colors www.ankiewicz.com isobe.typepad.com www.mipoesias.com

8. Primary Color Quiz Click the painting that focuses on primary colors to continue. www.wec.ufl.edu www.elainehughes.com animatedtv.about.com

9. Shiver me timbers! You’re correct. www.dkimages.com

10. Go back and try again, or walk the plank matey. And remember, red, blue, and yellow are the only primary colors.

11. Secondary Colors • Violet, Green, and Orange • Two primary colors mixed together

12. Examples of Secondary Colors www.wetcanvas.com faculty.evansville.edu swazzle.com www.stuartngbooks.com

13. Secondary Color Quiz Click the painting that focuses on secondary colors to continue. www.nevada.edu www.choicejewelry-n-gifts.com www.samm-mccurdy.com

14. Correct! You’re looking shipshape ye old salt. uk.movies.yahoo.com

15. Try again, ye cowardly swab! And remember, violet, green, and orange are the only secondary colors.

16. Tertiary Colors • One primary color mixed with a related secondary color.

17. Examples of Tertiary Colors archaeoblog.blogspot.com swazzle.com www.deckchairtheatre.com.au www.artbyavery.com www.blogman.net

18. Tertiary Color Quiz Click the painting that focuses on tertiary colors to continue. talesfromthelaboratory.typepad.com www.bwbfanclub.com www.lodi.k12.wi.us www.watercolormagic.com

19. Correct, ye old salt! You can captain my ship any time. matrix.millersamuel.com

20. Go back and try again, or you’ll be sent to Davy Jones’s locker. And remember, red, blue, and yellow are primary colors.

21. Incorrect, ye scurvy dogs! And remember, violet, green, and orange are secondary colors.

22. Incorrect, ye scurvy dogs! And remember, an image must have color in order to have tertiary colors.

23. Examples of Complementary Colors As ye looks at examples of complementary colors on the next few slides, use the color wheel to identify the colors and to find what these examples have in common. www.fast-consulting.com fireflyforest.net www.twistedtreephoto.com

24. Examples of Complementary Colors www.thespiceshelf.co.uk www.biocrawler.com www.jupiterimages.com

25. Examples of Complementary Colors www.digital-cameras-help.com www.soasoas.com www.seriouswheels.com

26. Complementary Colors What similarities did you notice between the images and the slides? www.fast-consulting.com www.thespiceshelf.co.uk www.digital-cameras-help.com

27. Complementary Color Quiz Complementary colors are two colors next to each other on the color wheel. Pick the CORRECT definition for complementary colors to continue. Complementary colors are two colors directly across from each other on the color wheel. No colors mixed together can make complementary colors.

28. Correct! You’re obviously no landlubber! Did you also know that complementary colors represent the strongest contrasts of color? www.tmttlt.com

29. Incorrect, ye scurvy dogs! Eye the image below and go back and try again.

30. You’re Hired, Matey You have just been hired as a graphic designer for Traverse City. (They don’t discriminate against pirates.) It is your first day, and they are already piling the work on. Read each project carefully and then click on the correct answer. Make sure to reflect upon what you have just learned. www.stencilrevolution.com

31. Project One The transportation committee has just asked you to design a new stop sign. They want you to make sure it will be easily seen by all. Which color blend should you use?

32. Go back and try again, or you’ll taste the cutlass! And remember complementary colors represent the strongest contrast.

33. Correct! Purple and yellow are complementary colors which represent the strongest contrast in color—perfect for a stop sign. You and I are birds of a feather! www.mccullagh.org

34. Project Two The economic advisor has just told you that the city’s budget is running low and you can only buy three colors of paint for the city’s new billboard campaign. Based on the billboard to the right, what colors should they purchase? Come for the bay, but don’t stay! www.torchlake.com

35. Go back and try again, or you’ll ride with the barnacles! And remember primary colors can be used to create all other colors.

36. Blimey! You’re correct. Only primary colors can make all other colors, while no colors can mix to make them. You’re as smart as a… parrot! www.mccullagh.org

37. Project Three The mayor has decided to make all city officials wear uniforms. Since he was the second child in his family, he insists that you use secondary colors. (I think he is going crazy, too.) He wants you to help him pick out the color of material for the new uniforms. www.kidprintables.com

38. Go back and try again you bilge rat. And remember the secondary colors are orange, green, and violet.

39. Shiver me timbers! You remembered that green, orange, and violet are the secondary colors. You are a true Jack Tar. Godspeed! Now, go to the following website and read a bit further about the properties of color. http://www.worqx.com/color/color_basics.htm Or return to the menu www.mccullagh.org