A monochromatic world of

gray, white, black

Color
How Colors
Relate
Light and
Shadow
 Property of light

Composed of a series
of wavelengths

A ray of light

What is Element of visual

Color? arts
Properties of
Color
 PRIMARY HUES
01
pigments

SECONDARY HUES
02
two primary hues

INTERMEDIATE HUES
03 primary + secondary hues

Hue 04
TERTIARY HUES
two secondary hues
-the name given
to the color
 SHADE
01
when black is combined with hue

TINT
02
Value when white is combined with hue

-lightness or
darkness of a
color
 01 Hues become less intense (dull) when white
is added because color becomes lighter in
value.

02 The hues’ intensity diminishes when black is

added and as the value darkens.

Intensity 03 If gray is added, the result will be a

-brightness or variation in intensity without any change in
value.
dullness of a
color
 TONE
when neutral gray is combined with hue

Intensity
-brightness or
dullness of
a color
VALUE & INTENSITY

When the intensity of a color is adjusted, the value also

changes. In the same way, when the value is adjusted, the
intensity changes but to a lesser degree.

In other words, a lighter value of red is also a less intense

version of the hue. And a less intense red could be a
lighter or darker version of the hue.
How Colors
Relate
 MONOCHROMATIC HARMONY
01
when a single color in the composition
is varied in intensity and value by
adding white or black

COMPLEMENTARY HARMONY
02
results when two colors that are
Color Harmony opposite each other in the color wheel
-method of are placed side by side
establishing color
quality in a
composition
 ANALOGOUS HARMONY
03
when hues that are adjacent or beside
each other in the color wheel are used
in a composition

TRIADIC HARMONY
04
when three hues that are equally
Color Harmony spaced in the color wheel are used in
-method of a composition
establishing color
quality in a
composition
 TETRADIC HARMONY
05
also known as the double complementary,
it is the combination of two sets of
complementary colors

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY
06
one where a primary color is used
Color Harmony with the two analogous colors to its
-method of complement
establishing color
quality in a
composition
 SQUARE HARMONY
07
four complementary hues evenly placed
around the color wheel

COLOR TEMPERATURE
08
relative warmth or coolness of a color
Color Harmony
-method of
establishing color
quality in a
composition
 WARM COLORS

hues that have yellow as their dominant

component

COOL COLORS
hues that have blue as their dominant
Color Harmony component
-method of
establishing color
quality in a
composition
Light and
Shadow
ACHROMATIC VALUE

changes in the amount of reflected light which ranges from

black to gray to white and vice versa
Achromatic means literally “without color”
It can also refer to: Achromatic colors, “greys” or
“neutral colors”, as well as black or white

An artist who has mastered the manipulation of

achromatic value in a composition gives his work the
illusion of depth and form

JOE IURATO
CHIAROSCURO

technique of manipulating light and shadow

in painting Masters who have perfected the
use of this technique are Da Vinci,
Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Caravaggio

Dark Manner (tenebrism)

-exaggerated use of shadows to an
extreme

Caravaggio’s Martha and Mary Magdalene

 CHIAROSCURO

Rembrandt
Rembrandtvan
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1642
 References used:
BatStateU Ged 108-Art Appreciation Module
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1CK9bE3H_s
https://thevirtualinstructor.com/blog/value-vs-intensity#:~:text=What%20is%20Intensity%3F,or%
20dullness%20of%20a%20color
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https://dma.org/Caravaggio
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kotomi-jewelry/25506172346

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