Color Theory

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ACRYLICS ARE MADE OF:

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pigment and vehicle

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PIGMENT

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mineral or dye (vegetation) – gritty

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VEHICLE:

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acrylic polymer emulsion – smoother

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HUE:

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color

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VALUE:

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degree of light/dark

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SATURATION / CHROMA:

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the purity or intensity of a hue

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THE THREE PROPERTIES OF COLOR:

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1. HUE
2. VALUE
3. SATURATION

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TINT:

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add white

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TONE:

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add grey

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SHADE:

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add black

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PRIMARY COLORS:

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principal triadic hues theoretically all colors can be mixed from

RED BLUE YELLOW

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SECONDARY COLORS:

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hues mixed by mixing 2 primary colors

GREEN, VIOLENT, ORANGE

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TERTIARY COLORS:

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colors created by mixing primary and adjacent secondary

RED-ORANGE, YELLOW-ORANGE. YELLOW-GREEN, BLUE-GREEN. BLUE-VIOLET, RED-VIOLET.

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COMPLEMENTARY COLORS:

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opposite colors

RED & GREEN. YELLOW & VIOLET. BLUE & ORANGE.

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SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY:

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color combo used with: a hue and the adjacent color(s) of its complementary

HUE = violet. SC = yellow-green, yellow-orange

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NEAR-COMPLEMENTARY:

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one of the split complementary hues

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DESATURATE/CHANGE VALUE:

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adding to a hue, its complementary or white/grey/black; lowers intensity of hue

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MONOCHROMATIC:

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greyscale. Color combo based on variations/saturations of a hue

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ACHROMATIC:

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absence of color. Whites/greys/blacks

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WARM COLORS:

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grouping of hues RED, ORANGE, YELLOW

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COOL COLORS:

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grouping of the hues BLUE, VIOLET, GREEN

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REFRACTED (ADDITIVE) COLORS:

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colors of light
RED, BLUE, GREEN

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SUBTRACTIVE COLORS:

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colors from pigment
CYAN, YELLOW, MAGENTA

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GOETHE’S COLOR TRIANGLE:

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theorized model from Goethe. RED, BLUE, and YELLOW are the corners of a triangle. Sides are SECONDARIES. Middle are TERTIARY colors all mixed.

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BEZOLD EFFECT:

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optical interaction that allows a composition to be altered by changing one hue.

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INTERACTION OF COLOR:

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the optical effect that adjacent colors have on each other in a color scheme

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H S B :

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hue , saturation, & brightness

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CMYK

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cyan, magenta, yellow, black

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gamut:

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the entire range of hues available on a device

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RGB has

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a wider gamut than CMYK

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what blending mode can be used to color a black and white photo in PhotoShop?

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color

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ROYGBIV

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all colors Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet

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what mode is best to edit images in PhotoShop?

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RGB

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what is the bit depth of a grayscale image in PhotoShop

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8

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what is the bit depth of RGB in PhotoShop?

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24

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how many channels does a RGB mode image have?

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3

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how many channels does a CMYK mode image have?

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4

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additive color spectrum

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subtractive color spectrum

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