Lesson Objective: Do I know the different components of the colour wheel? Can I explain the elements of art.
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Primary ColoursHue
Texture |
Secondary ColoursAnalogous Colours
Form |
Complimentary ColoursShade
Shape |
Intermediate ColoursTint
Colour Wheel |
Colour Basics!
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Hue
HUE describes another word for colour. Hue is the proper word to decribe the colours within a spectrum.
Colour is described by hue.
Colour is described by hue.
-- Create a large circle on a blank sheet in your sketchbook; be sure to place the circle in the centre of the page*
-- Divide your circle into 12 equal, triangular parts, (like pieces of a pizza). This is your COLOUR WHEEL!
When creating your colour wheel, always remember the PRIMARY COLOURS. The Primary Colours are RED, YELLOW and BLUE. These colours cannot be created using other colours. The Primary Colours, however, can be mixed to create the secondary colours, complimentary colours, intermediate colours and analogous colours of the colour wheel.
* Before you start mixing your colours, you ALWAYS begin with your PRIMARY COLOURS!
-- Divide your circle into 12 equal, triangular parts, (like pieces of a pizza). This is your COLOUR WHEEL!
When creating your colour wheel, always remember the PRIMARY COLOURS. The Primary Colours are RED, YELLOW and BLUE. These colours cannot be created using other colours. The Primary Colours, however, can be mixed to create the secondary colours, complimentary colours, intermediate colours and analogous colours of the colour wheel.
* Before you start mixing your colours, you ALWAYS begin with your PRIMARY COLOURS!
Primary Colours
-- In your COLOUR WHEEL, paint your primary colours in the first, fifth and ninth section.
Remember, Primary Colours are not mixed. You can use your paint brush and paint the colour right into your colour wheel from the tube of paint.
Remember, Primary Colours are not mixed. You can use your paint brush and paint the colour right into your colour wheel from the tube of paint.
Secondary colours are created by mixing primary colours together; TWO primary colours are mixed, to create a "second" colour. The Secondary Colours are PURPLE, GREEN and ORANGE. When you mix your primary colours BLUE with RED you will create PURPLE, but if you mix BLUE and YELLOW you will create GREEN. If you mix YELLOW with RED, you will create ORANGE.
Secondary Colours
-- In your COLOUR WHEEL, paint your secondary colours in the third, seventh and eleventh section.
Remember, Secondary Colours are created using TWO primary colours.
ALWAYS use the lightest colour as your base for mixing. Add a LITTLE amount of the darker colour to your lighter colour in order to create the proper colour quickly without wasting your paints.
Remember, Secondary Colours are created using TWO primary colours.
ALWAYS use the lightest colour as your base for mixing. Add a LITTLE amount of the darker colour to your lighter colour in order to create the proper colour quickly without wasting your paints.
Intermediate Colours
Intermediate Colours are created by mixing a primary colour with a secondary colour.
Begin first with your Secondary Colour, and add a little dab of your Primary colour to mix. Intermediate Colours are different shades of the primary and secondary colours of your COLOUR WHEEL.
-- In your COLOUR WHEEL, paint your intermediate colours in the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth and twelfth section.
Remember, Intermediate Colours are created by ADDING a Primary Colour to a Secondary Colour. Be AWARE of WHERE your intermediate colour lies within the COLOUR WHEEL, to mix your colours correctly.
Begin first with your Secondary Colour, and add a little dab of your Primary colour to mix. Intermediate Colours are different shades of the primary and secondary colours of your COLOUR WHEEL.
-- In your COLOUR WHEEL, paint your intermediate colours in the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth and twelfth section.
Remember, Intermediate Colours are created by ADDING a Primary Colour to a Secondary Colour. Be AWARE of WHERE your intermediate colour lies within the COLOUR WHEEL, to mix your colours correctly.
-- Let's Begin Mixing and Experimenting with the colours in our COLOUR WHEELS!
-- Remember to LABEL your colours as PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND INTERMEDIATE, on your colour wheel in your sketchbooks.
Analogous Colours
Analogous Colours describe the range of colour from one Primary Colour to the Secondary Colour in the COLOUR WHEEL. Analogous Colours show the transition of tone from one colour to the other.
-- In your COLOUR WHEEL, your analogous colours are the colours beside one another from the starting primary colour to the secondary colour.
-- In your COLOUR WHEEL, your analogous colours are the colours beside one another from the starting primary colour to the secondary colour.
Complimentary Colours
Complimentary Colours describe any two colours which lie directly opposite from one another in the COLOUR WHEEL. Complimentary Colours "compliment" one another, showing a balance and symmetry of colour.
Often, Complimentary Colours are used in creating works of art, for their ability to flow perfectly together within a composition.
Often, Complimentary Colours are used in creating works of art, for their ability to flow perfectly together within a composition.
Tints
Tints describe the "Presence of Light" within a hue. TINTS are created by slowly adding white to a hue when mixing your colours to create a LIGHTER hue of that colour. |
Shades
Shades describe the "Absence of Light" within a hue. Similar to TINTS, SHADES are created by slowly adding black to a hue, instead of white when mixing your colours. Shades create a DARKER hue of colour. |
TINTS and SHADES can also be explained by VALUE.
Using a "Value Scale" to show the transition of light or dark from one colour to another.
Using a "Value Scale" to show the transition of light or dark from one colour to another.
TINTS
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SHADES
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Colour Studies; Graffiti Names
Before beginning this next project. You will re-create the colour wheel in your sketchbook, learning to blend the Primary Colours to create Secondary Colours and the rest of the colours in the colour wheel.
Refer to Different Graffiti Letters to Aid Your Designs
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