Elements of Art: Color

Elements of Art: Color

​Color

• ​Is one of the 7 Elements of Art.

• ​Color is defined as the way light reflects off of an object and back into your eye.

​Color Wheel

• ​Organizes colors and shows the relationships between colors.

• ​the color wheel consists of 12 colors.

• ​3 Primary Colors

• ​3 Secondary Colors

• ​6 Intermediate/Tertiary colors

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best defines Color?

• a dot moving across a surface

• the way light reflects off of an object and back into the eye

• a 3D object

• a flat enclosed 2D area

Multiple Choice

COLOR IS A PRINCIPLE OF DESIGN.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a color wheel?

• organizes values from light to dark

• organizes colors and shows their relationships

• colors that are across each other on the color wheel

• colors that are made by mixing a primary and a secondary

​Primary Colors

• ​The Primary colors are; Red, Yellow, Blue

• ​These colors make all other colors.

• ​The primary colors cannot be made by mixing other colors.

​Secondary Colors

• ​The Secondary Colors are; Green, Violet, Orange.

• ​These colors are made by mixing 2 Primary colors.

• ​These colors live in between the 2 colors that make them on the color wheel.

​Complementary Colors

• ​are colors that are across or opposite each other on the color wheel.

• ​there are 3 pairs of Complementary colors.

• ​these colors make each other stand out.

• ​each pair is made up of 1 primary color and 1 secondary color.

​Tertiary/Intermediate Colors

• ​These colors are made by mixing a primary and a secondary color.

• ​These colors live in between the 2 colors that make them on the color wheel.

• ​There are 6 Tertiary colors.

Multiple Choice

What are Tertiary Colors?

• colors that are across each other on the color wheel

• colors that are made by mixing 2 primary colors

• colors that are made by mixing a primary and a secondary color 

• red, yellow, blue

Multiple Select

Which of the following are complementary pairs?

• red/green

• yellow/green

• violet/yellow

• blue/orange

• blue/green

​Analogous Colors

• ​3-4 colors that are neighbors on the color wheel.

• ​These colors go well together.

​Monochromatic

• ​Tints, shades and tones of 1 color.

• ​Like a value scale but with color.

Multiple Choice

This image is an example of which of the following-

• Monochromatic color scheme

• Primary color scheme

• Secondary color scheme

• Analogous color scheme

Multiple Choice

This artwork is an example of which of the following-

• Primary color scheme

• Secondary color scheme

• Monochromatic color scheme

• Tertiatry color shceme

Multiple Choice

Warm colors are-

• colors that are red, yellow and orange

• colors that are blue, green, and violet

• red, yellow blue

• green, violet, orange

Multiple Choice

Cool colors are-

• colors that are green, violet, blue

• red, red-orange, orange

• colors that are red, orange, yellow

• red, yellow blue