COLORS

INTRODUCTION
• Color is the element of
art that refers to reflected
light. 
• Color has an affect over
– how we feel about
objects, how we behave,
and how our bodies react
to circumstances.
 IMPORTANCE
• Color plays an important
role in our lives.
• Colors can change the
moods, reduce or
increase tensions, cause
excitement and
sometimes have a
soothing effect for a tired
person. 
VARIOUS
COLOR
MEDIUMS
 POSTER COLORS

• Poster color is a water-

soluble paint consisting
of a color mixed with a
binder such as glue or
gum to give it a dull
finish.
• poster paint can be used
in the same way as
acrylic paint, but has a
speeder drying time.
 WATER COLORS

• Watercolors are a type
of paint that can be
mixed with water to
create semi transparent
layers of color on
paper. 
• Water colors are water
soluble.
ACRYLIC COLORS

• Acrylic is a kind of
plastic fabric or paint
that made from acrylic
acid.
• Acrylic paints
are water-soluble, but
become water-
resistant when dry. 
 PENCIL COLORS

• Thin precise and easy to

handle , a wood casing
filled with a wax or oil
based inside. Pigment is
also added and mixed
with water and bonding
agent to create the
rainbow of the colors.
• There is no graphite in
color pencil.
 OIL PASTEL COLOR

• The word pastel means tints

or pale colors.
• Oil pastel is a type of
painting similar to pastel
and wax crayons.
• Oil pastel is also known as
wax oil crayon. It is formed
by mixing pigments with
non-drying oil and wax
binder. The surface of the
oil pastel paintings is
usually less powdery. 
 GOUACHE COLORS

• it has larger particles and

more body, so it looks
heavier, denser and more
opaque after it dries.
• the paint is best used to
create a flat wash of color
that dries matte because it
dries so quickly.
• Gouache is ideal for
gestural, action and direct
painting.
 COLOR WHEEL
• the color wheel was
invented in 1666 by
Isaac Newton, who
mapped the color
spectrum onto a circle.
• The color wheel is the
basis of color theory,
because it shows the
relationship between
colors.
 YELLOW
LIME
GREEN AMBER

GREEN
ORANGE

TEAL
VERMILLION

BLUE RED

VOILET MAGENTA
PURPLE
 TYPES OF COLORS
• Primary color
• Secondary color
• Tertiary color
 PRIMARY COLOR
• Primary colors are the basic
colors.
• You cannot make them by
mixing any other colors.
• All other colors are made
from these.
• Primary colors are
RED
YELLOW
BLUE
 SECONDARY COLOR
• Secondary color is made by
mixing two primary colors.
• Secondary colors are
• RED+YELLOW=
ORANGE
YELLOW+BLUE=
GREEN
BLUE+RED= PURPLE
 TERTIARY COLOR
• Are the mixture of
primary and secondary
colors.
 WARM COLOR

COOL COLOR
 COOL COLOR
•  Cool colors include shades of
blue, green and violet, and the
colors are said to remind one
of cool things like water or
grass.
 WARM COLOR
• Warm colors are red, yellow
and orange, and these colors
are referred to as such
because they resemble fire
and evoke feelings of warmth.
HUE, TINT, TONE AND SHADE
 COLOR
SCHEME
 COLOR SCHEME
• There are certain groups
of colors that work
together very well…they
might be referred to as
Color Schemes.
• Make sure when using
color schemes to select
colors that you like.
• There are some basic
color schemes that have
worked well for many
years…
 MONOCHROMATIC COLOR
• A color scheme using
one color, and tints,
tones and shades of
that color.
 ACHROMATIC COLOR
• An achromatic color is a one that
lacks hues such
as white, grey and black.
• Achromatic colors
(white, grey and black) have
lightness but no hue or
saturation.
 ANALOGOUS COLOR
• A color scheme using
colors next to each
other on the color
wheel.
 COMPLEMENTARY COLOR
• A color scheme using
colors opposite each
other on the color
wheel.
 SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY
COLOR
• A color scheme
using one color, and
the colors on either
side of it’s
complement.
 TRIADIC COLOR
• A color scheme using
three colors equal
distance from each
other on the color
wheel.
 TETRADIC COLOR
• A Tetradic color scheme
should be composed of
two sets of
complementary colors.
 NEUTRAL COLOR
• A color scheme using
whites, blacks, grays
and beiges.
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