Colour Wheel

HUE: Colour or shade

PRIMARY COLOURS: Red, yellow, and blue.
These colours cannot be produced by combining
other colours
SECONDARY COLOURS: Orange, green, and
violet. These colours are produced by mixing
two primary colours
TERTIARY COLOURS: An intermediate colour
is produced by combining a primary and a
secondary colour.
COMPLEMENTARY COLOURS: Two colours
that are directly opposite each other on the
colour wheel.
MONOCHROMATIC: Using variations of a single colour;
white, black, and grey can be used to change the value of
one colour.
Exercise #2 -- Experimenting with Tints, Tones, and Shades
HIGH-KEY: A painting using many tints or light colours.

http://timonsloane.com/sites/default/files/Beating%20the%20Heat%20800px.jpg
LOW-KEY: A painting using many shades or dark values.

https://cdn.tutsplus.com/photo/uploads/legacy/326_lowkey/lowkeytut-2.jpg
WARM COLOURS: The family of
related colours ranging from the reds,
oranges and yellows.

COOL COLOURS: The family of

related colours ranging from greens
through blues and violets.
What does each colour
mean to you?
Discuss with your table-group members:

Blue
Red
Yellow
Green
Purple (or violet)
No colour
Pablo Picasso. The Old Guitarist (1903). Oil
on canvas. Art Institute of Chicago.
Image retrieved from: http://www.pablopicasso.org/blue-nude.jsp
Pablo Picasso, La Vie (1903). Oil on
canvas.
Image retrieved from: http://www.clevelandart.org/art/collection/
search?
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Pablo Picasso, The Blind Man’s Meal (1903). Oil on canvas.
Image retrieved from: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pica/hd_pica.htm
Pablo Picasso. The Tragedy (1903). Oil on
canvas.
Image retrieved from: http://
agatachristie.blogs.sapo.pt/161094.html
Pablo Picasso, ,At the Lapin Agile
Oil on canvas. 1905.
Image retrieved from: http://
www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/
486162
Pablo Picasso, Family of Saltimbanques
(1905). Oil on canvas.

Image retrieved from: http://

www.chinaoilpainting.com/htmlimg/
image-95196.htm
Pablo Picasso, Acrobat’s Family with a
Monkey (1905). Oil on canvas.

Image retrieved from: https://theartstack.com/artist/

pablo-picasso/acrobat-family-monkey-1
Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein. Oil on
canvas. 1905-6.
Image retrieved from:http://
www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/47.106/
https://www.pinterest.com/tdmilhoan/black-and-white/
Monochromatic Social Issue Painting Project

You will create a monochromatic painting about a social

issue you are passionate about.

Decide on one colour you will use to create this painting.

You will use this colour to create an overall atmosphere and
mood in your painting.

Tip: Ask yourself what different colours mean to you and

how they make you feel.
(50 marks)
What is a social issue?
A problem that effects many people in a
society.

Examples: gun control, climate change,

poverty, women’s rights.
Missing and murdered Indigenous women

Text
Animal testing
Gun control
Global Warming
Greed