Color

This introductory lecture explains how artists use color and value to create mood, space, symbolism, emphasis, and the illusion of depth. It covers light and pigment, color wheels and schemes, local, perceptual, and arbitrary color, chiaroscuro, and tenebrism through art examples.

Syllabus

Intro
CREATE THE MOOD
CREATE SPACE
CONVEYS IDEAS THROUGH SYMBOLISM
WHERE DOES COLOR COME FROM?
HUE
TINTS & SHADES
ADDITIVE PROCESS ...deals with light
SUBTRACTIVE PROCESS ...deals with paint/pigment
CONVENTIONAL COLOR WHEEL
PRIMARY & SECONDARY COLORS
COLOR WHEELS
ANALOGOUS COLOR SCHEMES
WARM COLORS
OCTOBER IN THE CATSKILLS By: Sanford R. Gifford
COOL COLORS
COMPLIMENTARY COLOR SCHEMES Yellow
THE NIGHT CAFÉ BY: VINCENT VAN GOGH
TRIADIC COLOR SCHEMES
THE GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING BY: JOHANNES VERMEER
WAYS OF REPRESENTING COLOR
LOCAL COLOR
THE LIGHTHOUSE AT TWO LIGHTS BY: EDWARD HOPPER
PERCEPTUAL COLOR
EN PLEIN-AIR
ARBITRARY COLOR
THE LITTLE BLUE HORSES BY: FRANZ MARC
TIGER BY: FRANZ MARC
POINTILLISM
SUNDAY ON THE ISLAND OF LA GRANDE JATTE BY: GEORGES SEURAT
VALUE Value is a measurement of lightness and darkness.
VALUE SCALE
NORTH PALISADES FROM WINDY POINT BY: ANSEL ADAMS
VALUE CONTRAST
CHIAROSCURO
BLACK SQUARE BY: KASIMIR MALEVICH
TENEBRISM
THE PENITENT MAGDALEN BY: GEORGES DE LA TOUR
JUDITH DECAPITATING HOLOFERNES BY: ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI