BASICS & COLOR THEORY

Arch’l considerations in color design

Color Illusions and Advanced Scheme Principles
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Ar. Christine Mariz C. Gonzales, uap

OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, the students shall be able to:
1. To familiarize and understand the basics of color and learn the basics of
color theory to know what looks good;
2. to apply the COLOR THEORIES AND SCHEMES in designing INTERIOR SPACES;
3. To know and understand the color illusions and advanced scheme principles
and apply them in everyday life.

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1. BASICS & COLOR THEORY

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ATTRIBUTES OF COLOR
1. HUE – name for the color such as
yellow, blue & red.

COLOR WHEEL represents all the

hues in full intensity.

2. VALUE/LIGHTNESS – refers to
the lightness or darkness of a
color. Lighter values are achieved
by adding white to the color and
darkness results by adding black.

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ATTRIBUTES OF COLOR
3. CHROMA/SATURATION – the relative
purity or intensity of a color by how
much or how little gray is added to the
color.
The value of the color on a chroma
should not change, only the intensity of
the colors varies.

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ALBERT MUNSELL, a color
theorist, describes each
and every color as having
three dimensions;
therefore to fully
describe a color, it is
necessary to describe each
of the dimensions or
attributes

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TINT, SHADE and TONE
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TINT – WHITE (PASTELS)

SHADE – BLACK
TONE – GRAY

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COLOR TEMPERATURE

1. WARM – red, orange,

yellow

2. COOL – green, blue,

purple

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ADDITIVE COLOR
-process of mixing colored
light
 PRIMARY COLORS OF LIGHT
-red, blue, green

 PRIMARY COLORS OF PIGMENT

-red, yellow, blue

Fig. 1.7. Additive Colors

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ADDITIVE COLOR
-used in theater
lighting

LIGHTER VALUE
WHITE - produced when
- result by adding the combining two of the
three colors primary colors

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SUBTRACTIVE COLOR
-result by mixing dyes, pigments or other colorants

PRIMARY SUBTRACTIVE COLORS

- red, yellow, blue

* When all the primary

colors are combined,
the resulting color is
deep, blackish brown.

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PARTITIVE COLOR
-derivation of the third color when
viewed from a slight distance when
the eye tends to mix the two colors

-PRIMARY COLORS
-SECONDARY COLORS
-TERTIARY COLORS

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2. Arch’l considerations in color design

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 3. Color schemes and design examples
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Instruction: In a clean sheet of paper, write the letter of the correct answer before
each number.

1. These are the attributes of color.

a. hue b. value/lightness c. chroma/saturation d. all of the above

2. Enumerate the two types of color temperature.

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3. He is the color theorist, describes each and every color as having three
dimensions.

4. It is the process of mixing colored light.

a. Additive color b. Subtractive color c. Partitive color d. none of the above

5. It is the result by mixing dyes, pigments or other colorants.

a. Additive color b. Subtractive color c. Partitive color d. none of the above

6. It is the derivation of the third color when viewed from a slight distance when the
eye tends to mix the two colors.
a. Additive color b. Subtractive color c. Partitive color d. none of the above

7. Enumerate the three kinds of partitive color.

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1. d. all of the above

2. Warm; Cool

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3. Albert Munsell

4. a. Additive color

5. b. Subtractive color

6. c. Partitive color

7. Primary, Secondary & Tertiary