VA10 Colour

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VA10 Colour

• Colour Theory

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Colour has everything

• to do with the way your eye processes the action
  of light.

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Our eye

• generally processes the spectrum of light that we
  see in a rainbow.

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Many animals do not see in colour...

• Cats, dogs mice have very low colour
  perception.
• Monkeys, birds squirrels have good colour
  perception.
• Bees butterflies have exceptional colour
  perception

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Think in terms of the way they look

• and what they HAVE to see.

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And if you think colour doesnt matter to us....

• try not caring what you wear, the colour of your
  room or imagining that everyones eyes were grey.

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Colour is in our language.

• I lost my temper, I saw red.
• I was so blue.
• He was green with envy.

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Primary Colours

• these are the three parents of every other
  colour red, blue yellow

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Secondary Colours

• are the first generation children of yellow, blue
  red. When you mix two primary colours you get a
  secondary.

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Tertiary colours are

• the result of mixing a primary and secondary
  colour. For example yellow orange make a
  yellowish-orange.

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Complimentary colours

• are colours opposite each other on the colour
  wheel. Complimentary colours are like a good
  couple, they bring out the best in each other.

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Hue

• is the thing that makes something appear to be a
  colour.

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Tint

• is the amount of white in a colour.

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Shade

• is the amount of black in a colour.

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Colour intensity

• is the strength of a colour.

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Warm colours

• are those that evoke a heat or warmth. Think
  fire, sun and any colour that has a good amount
  of yellow.
• Warm colours appear close.

Cool colours
evoke a cool feeling. Think ice, water and
colours that have a good amount of blue. Cool
colours recede.
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Your first assignment for this unit
1. Create a Colour intro page in your
sketchbook. 2. Create a definition
page based on the information from the previous
pages