Color

also called Hue

the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue. As artist we use pigments in the form of powder or liquid paints to create color.

Categories of Color

Color Wheels a tool used to organize color. It is made up of:

Primary Colors- Red, Yellow and Blue. These colors cannot be mixed; they must be bought in some form.

Secondary Color-Orange, Violet and Green. These colors are created by mixing two primaries.

Intermediate Colors/tertiary- Red Orange, Yellow Green, Blue Violet, etc.; mixing a primary with a secondary creates these colors. 

Complementary Colors- Are colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.  When placed next to each other they look bright and when mixed together they neutralize each other. 

                          

Color Harmonies

Color Harmonies is when an artist uses certain combinations of colors that create different looks or feelings.

Analogous Colors are colors that are next to each other on the color wheel for example red, red orange, and orange are analogous colors.

Triadic Harmony is where three equally spaced colors on the color wheel are used for example, yellow, Red, Blue is a triadic harmony color scheme.

Warm colors are on one side of the color wheel and they give the feeling of warmth for example red, orange and yellow are the color of fire and feel warm.

Cool colors are on the other side of the color wheel and they give the feeling of coolness for example blue, violet, are the color of water, and green are the color of cool grass.