unit #6 color schemes · the color wheel using the color wheel for choosing a color scheme is very...

UNIT #6 Color Schemes

Louise Fisher / Color 113 / Fall 2017

Color HarmonyHarmony - a pleasing arrangement of

parts that creates a whole.

Ex: music, food, poetry

In color harmony, there is a sense

of intrigue, balance, and order in the

artwork.

Georgia O’Keeffe

Pink & Blue II, 1919

The color wheelUsing the color wheel for

choosing a color scheme is VERY

useful.

Predicts how the colors will

interact with one another.

Warm vs cool colorsWarm colors = yellow through red

Associated with sun, fire and heat.

Cool colors = green through violet

Associated with snow/ice, forests, water.

Yellow-green and red-violet are considered both.

Achromatic Color SchemeColors that only differ in value (have no hue).

Monochromatic Color SchemeA single color (hue) that differs almost

exclusively by value.

Analogous Color Scheme Colors that appear next to one another

on the color wheel.

Typically warm or cool.

Complementary Color SchemeColors that appear opposite of one

another on the color wheel.

These colors contrast with one another

greatly.

“Opposites attract”

TriadicColors that appear in a triangular

formation on the color wheel.

Primary triadic = red, blue, yellow

Secondary triadic = orange, green, purple

TetradColors that appear in a rectangular

formation on the color wheel.

Ex: yellow-green, green-blue, orange-red,

red-violet

Pick that color scheme!

Ansel Adams

Andy Warhol

Mark Rothko

Vogue fashion adCirca 2010

Pablo Picasso

Mysterious living roomVia Google Images

Unit 5 project“Schemes of Scenes”

Relief printing

Favorite Film blogpost

Work by Sean Starwars

Weebly Blog Post Demo

Relief printmakingLinocut or woodcut

Cutting away the white area, inking the

black (raised) surface.

Transferring image onto receiving surface

(paper, fabric, etc.)

OG in China 2,000 years ago!

Andrea Lauren (Ink Print Repeat)English artist based in US

Print & textiles

Works with linocuts

On Instagram @inkprintrepeat

Tugboat PrintshopCollaborative print duo

Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth

Pittsburg, PA

Multi-layered color woodcuts

References to folk-art

Arts & Crafts movement

Tugboat PrintshopProcess of cutting

Drive by PressCollaborative printmaking

group (NYC)

Founded by Greg Nanney

& Joseph Valesquez

Travelling printing press

Relief on shirts

Drive by PressProcess and history

Choosing your image Ex: Into the Wild

Choose a still that has an

Interesting color scheme.

(No text, simple scene)

Choose compositionFocus on a detail of the scene

to simplify your image.

(We are working SMALL!)

Flip image horizontallyWhen an image is printed onto a

Surface, it is mirrored (flipped).

Make sure to flip image horizontally

on a program like Photoshop.

(Or if you don't mind it being backwards

don't sweat it).

Printing the imageHorizontally flipped

Will be inked and printed

on a surface (paper).

Think of it like an elaborate

rubber stamp!

Coloring the image1. Edition of 3 prints2. Each print will be hand-colored3. 3 different color schemes4. 1 “natural”, 1 “artificial”, 1 wildcard