Transcript Color Theory - Ms. McCart's Art Classes

Color Theory
Creating a color scheme for your
space station
Color Wheel: Light Spectrum
MONOCHROMATIC
• One variety of color…for example,
– Light blue, dark blue, medium blue
Monochromatic
Monochromatic paintings
Analogous Color Schemes
• Name 2 more
Analogous Color
schemes
Analogues Color Scheme
• colors that are next to each other on the
color wheel (in three’s) Like neighbors
Analogous Color
Complementary
• Colors that are
diagonal from each
other on the color
wheel
• When next to each
other, they make
each other brighter!
Triadic Color Scheme
• Colors that form a
Triangle on the color
wheel
• Work in a group of
three
Complementary
Complementary
Triadic
Color Schemes will be used in our
space stations….
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Monochromatic
Analogous
Triadic
Complementary
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59QGexKdFUI&fea
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• Value Scale: Shading dark to light
– Create a sample value scale