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elementsofartColor ElementsofArt ElementsofArt:Color Colorisoneofthemostexciting elementsofart.Theremustbelight forustoseecolors.Ablueshirtdoes notlookblueinthedark;itwillnot lookblueunderyelloworredlight either.Forcolorstolooktheirtruest, theyshouldbeseenunderwhite light.Whenarayofwhitelightpasses throughaglassprism,therayisbent, orrefracted.Itisseparatedintobands ofcolor,calledthecolorspectrum. Youcanalsoseethespectrumina rainbow.Therearethreepropertiesor characteristicsofcolor—hue,intensity, andvalue.Hueissimplythenamefora color.Hueandcoloraretwowordswith thesamemeaning. Hue Thespectrumcanbearranged inacirclecalledacolorwheel whichshowshowcolorsare related.Themostimportant colorsaretheprimarycolors —red,yellow, andblue.All othercolorscanbemadeby mixingthem.Ifwemixtwo primarycolorssuchasredand blue,wegetasecondarycolor —violet.Orangeandgreenare alsosecondarycolors.Ifwemix aprimarycolor(red)andoneof itsneighboringsecondarycolors (orange),wegetanintermediate color(red-orange).Therearesix intermediatecolors.Complementary colorsarecolorsthatareopposite achotheronthecolorwheel.Red andgreenarecomplementary;soare red-violetandyellow-green. Valuereferstothedarknessorlightnessofacolor. Ifabitofblackisaddedtored,thecolorbecomes darkerandiscalledashade.Themoreblackthatis addedthedarkerthevaluegets.Ifwhiteisaddedtoa color,itbecomeslighterandiscalledatint. Intensity Value += += += += Intensityreferstothebrightnessofacolor.Ifwewant odullacolor,wemixinalittleofitscomplementary color.Ifweaddalittlebluetoorange,itdullsthe orange;ifweaddweaddalittleorangetoblue,itdulls theblue. Theazaleasareallthesamecolororhue.Shadows makethevaluesdarkerinplaces—andsunlight makesthevalueslighter.Noticethevarietyofsingle colorwithitsshadesandtints. TherearenointensecolorsusedinMorroBay Morningabove.Thecolorsweremutedorneutralized bymixingthemwiththeircomplementarycolors. 15 14; ; ;;;; ;; ;;;;; ;;; ; Ages3~ 6
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