Art and Design

1st E.S.O.

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INDEX
VISUAL LANGUAGE & VISUAL PERCEPTION.

U. 1 (Book 1)

IMAGES & VISUAL COMMUNICATION.

U. 2 (Book 2)

FORMS & SHAPES

ELEMENTS OF VISUAL
LANGUAGE

SPACE & VOLUME

DOT, LINE & PLANE

U. 3 (Book 3 & 5)

GEOMETRIC SHAPES.

U. 4 (Book 6)

COLOUR.

U. 5 (Book 4)

TEXTURE.

U. 6 (Book 3)

INTRODUCTION.

U. 7 (Book 7)

LIGHT & VOLUME.

U. 8 (Book 8)

SYSTEMS OF REPRESENTATION.

U. 9 (Book 9)

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5.1.- What is Colour?

5.2.- How do we perceive Colour?
5.3.- How do we classify the Pigment Colours?
5.4.- Complementary Colours.
5.5.- Colour Symbolisim.

5.1.- What is Colour?

It is one of the elements of visual language (just as
dot, line, plane, shape, texture)

It is light reflected off an object and seen by our

eyes.

Notice how the colour of the tomatoes changes

because the different colour of the light.

5.2.- How do we perceive colour?

Three elements are involved
in this process:
- The LIGHT that reaches an object.
- The SURFACE of the object and
- The SIGHT of the observer.

Objects have
Colour
because of
the light
reflected off
them.

5.3.- How do we classify the Pigment Colours?

The most
common way to
do that it is by
display them in a
circle called:

COLOUR
WHEEL

PRIMARY COLOURS
Those that cannot be
made from mixing other
colours.

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SECONDARY COLOURS
Those we get by mixing equal
parts of two primary colours.

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TERTIARY COLOURS
Those we get by mixing a
primary color and a
secondary color in equal
proportion

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But we can get more than twelve colours

And even more if we also add Black or White

We can even mix colours that are not close to

each other in the Colour Wheel

But remember: we can get any colour just using

the three primary colours, black and white.

5.4.- Complementary Colours

Those pairs of
colours that are
opposite to each
other in the
Colour Wheel.

Complementary Colours make one each other seem

more intense

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4.5.- Colour Simbolism

This is because of the way we can find them in Nature

This is because of the way we can find them in Nature

This is because of the way we can find them in Nature