The First Colors
What are the Primary Colors?
Red, Yellow, and Blue
What are the secondary colors?
Orange, Violet, and Green
What is the term; tints and shades of one color?
Monochromatic Color Scheme
Define the word tint.
A color and white mixed together.
What color scheme is shown on the board?
Complementary
Why are the primary colors called primary?
They are the colors that create all other colors. You cannot create these colors.
What is red + yellow?
Orange
What is the term; 2 colors opposite from each other on the color wheel?
Complementary Color Scheme
Define the word Shade.
A color and black mixed together.
Fits together like a puzzle with each color in a specific place. It will help you to mix colors and to decide which colors to use in your artwork.
Color Wheel
When you mix the primary colors equally you get what?
A Neutral Color
What is yellow + blue?
Green
What is the term; 3 colors next to each other on the color wheel?
Analogous
Give an example of an Analogous color scheme.
Answers may vary
What color scheme is the painting on the board?
monochromatic
What happens when you mix 1 primary and 1 secondary color together?
A tertiary color is formed
What is red + blue?
Violet
What are the 4 Color Schemes?
Monochromatic, Analogous, Warm or Cool and Complementary
How do you make tertiary colors?
Mixing 1 Primary and 1 Secondary colors together.
What color scheme is on the board?
Analogous
What happens when you mix 2 primary colors?
A secondary color is formed
When mixing a color do you add dark paint to light or light paint to dark?
Dark paint to light paint
List the 3 examples of the Complementary Color Scheme.
Red & Green, Yellow & Violet, Orange & Blue
What are the lights and darks of a color?
Value
Who did Peter Max paint a piano for?
Ringo Starr