Restorative Art CH-12 Color Theory

Three Dimensions of Color

(1) Hue (2) Value (3) Intensity

Types of light

(1) Incandescent (2) Fluorescent (3) Hue (4) Chroma (5) Saturation

Intermediate hues

*Equal mixtures of a primary and secondary color*. It is customary to list the primary color first Red Orange - Yellow Green - Blue Violet - Yellow Orange - Blue Green - Red Violet

Secondary hues

*Equal mixtures of two primary hues * Orange - Green - Purple

Tertiary hues

*Mixture of two secondary colors* or an unbalanced mixture of complements with the warm hue predominate. Browns and gray hues are not found in the color wheel

Primary hues

*Three hues that can be combined to make all other hues*. All colors originate from these three hues. -Cannot be produced by mixture of other hues Red - Yellow - Blue (the mixture of these produces gray)

Analogous color

*Two or more hues that have the same hue in common*. These are adjacent to each other on the color wheel

Colors of the spectrum

-Red -Orange -Yellow -Green -Blue -Indigo -Violet

Achromatic color

A color *not found in the visible spectrum*; a neutral color such as white, black or gray

Shade

A hue into which various quantities of *black* are mixed. the black darkens the value

Tint

A hue into which various quantities of *white* are mixed. the white dilutes the color, lightening its value

Tone

A hue mixed with either a small quantity of *gray *or the complements of the hue, resulting in a dulling of the hue, making it more neutral and less intense

Saturation

A visual aspect indicating the vividness of the hue in the degree of difference form a gray of the same light

Color wheel

Circle in which the primary, secondary, and intermediate hues are arranged in orderly intervals

Hue light

Color of the illumination given off by the bulb. It can be white by using regular soft light bulbs, or it can be color using fully or partially color bulbs, Color can also be produced by shining white light through transparent firms held in front of the bulb

Warm hues

Color that is characterized by long wavelengths; makes objects appear closer and larger and reflect warmth. -Orange is the warmest hue

Cool hues

Color that is characterized by short wavelengths; creates the impression of coldness and makes an object appear to recede. -Blue is coolest hue

Absorption

Colored objects absorb rays of sunlight, which illuminate it while others are reflecting

Complements

Colors directly opposite on the color wheel. When seen together, they present vivid contrasts. Any two hues which by their mixture produce gray -The complement of any primary color is a secondary color -The complement of any secondary color is a primary color

Orange

Danger, Daring, Energy

Blue

Harmony, Honor, Dignity, Calm, Power

Incandescent light

Light produced by electric currents running through a filament bulb. A bulb used in most lamps. High in yellow -Most funeral homes have these in viewing room

Fluorescent light

Long, tubular bulb where phosphors changes the electrical current into light

Red

Love, Passion, Vigor, Competitiveness, Activity

Gray

Maturity, Modesty, Dignity

Subtractive method

Method of diminishing the wavelengths by superimposing two or more color transparencies over the same light source. they would have the same effect on other objects of the same color

Green

Nature, Faith, Stability, Rest

White

Purity, Innocence, Peace

Abbreviation for the colors on the spectrum

ROY G BIV

Chroma light

Refers to the brightness of the illumination. Brightness is usually determined by the wattage of the bulbs. 100 watt is brighter than 60 watt

Purple

Royalty, Drama, Wisdom, Maturity

Brown

Sensitivity, Dependability, Conservatism

Juxtaposition

Simultaneous contrasts. Any two hues placed side by side or one hue superimposed upon the other. If they are complements, they enrich each other. If they do not complement, they dull each other

Black

Sophistication, Gloom, Mystery

Determinng cool and warm hues

Take a color wheel and divide it in half by a line running between yellow and yellow-green and violet and red-violet Hues to left are warm Hues to right are cool

Intensity

The *amount of strength a color has.* It describes the degree of purity of the brightness or dullness. the amount of hue a color possesses

Value

The *lightness or darkness of a color*. A light value is high; a dark value is low (you can see hue in a black and white movie, but you can see value. Different clothes with different colors are distinguished by different values)

Hue

The *property of a color* by whuch is it distinguished from another. It is the name by which we know it or the word used to describe it such as red or yellow

Spectrum

The progressive arrangement of colors (ROY G BIV) when a beam of light is broken down into component colors. We perceive color due to an absorption or reflection of light off the object we are looking at

Reflection

The return of light from a surface

Monochromatic color

Variations (tint, tone, and shades) of one hue

After image

Visual impression remaining after a stimulus is removed. If you stare at a sheet of color paper and then stop, a flash of the color's complement will appear

Yellow

Youth, Hope, Intellect, Cheer

Additive method

a process of mixing colored lights on a surface whereby the wavelengths of each are combined; adding two or more lights together to create another light