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Color Part 2

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

NEUTRALS

Colors can be darkened or lightened by adding one of the neutrals which are black, white, or gray.

INTENSITY

is the third characteristic of color. It refers to the brightness or dullness of a color. Another name for intensity is color purity.

COLOR WILL BE LESS INTENSE

if its compliment or a neutral is added to it. Using a neutral will also change the value.

MONOCHROMATIC COLOR HARMONY

when its color consists of one hue, its tints and tones, and the neutrals.

ANALOGOUS COLOR HARMONY

is created when the artist uses five hues that are adjacent to one another on the color wheel, plus tints and tones, and the neutrals.

TRIADIC COLOR HARMONY

is created when the artist uses three hues that are of equal distance apart on the color wheel. This color harmony also includes their tints, tones, and the neutrals.

COMPLEMENTARY COLOR HARMONY

is made up of two opposites on the color wheel, plus tints, tones, black, white and gray.

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY COLOR HARMONY

is made up of one hue plus a hue on each side of the compliment, tints, tones, black, white, and gray.

Pigments

ARE THE PHYSICAL PARTICLES THAT GIVE PAINT ITS COLOR.

BINDERS

are the ingredients in paints that hold the pigments together. Some are permanent while others can be displaced with water.

TRANSPARENT COLOR

Paint that reveals another color or the paper color underneath is called transparent color. Water color is a transparent medium.

opaque color

Paint that covers the color or the paper underneath is called opaque color.