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A Closer Look At Colors and How To Use Them

Red As A Beet, A Real Carrot Top, Yellow-Bellied, Green With Envy, A True Blue Friend, A Shy Violet, and Tickled Pink…. A Closer Look At Colors and How To Use Them. C o l o r F a m i l i e s. Colors come in a few basic families: P r i m a r y S e c o n d a r y T e r t i a r y

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A Closer Look At Colors and How To Use Them

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  1. Red As A Beet,A RealCarrot Top, Yellow-Bellied,GreenWith Envy,A True Blue Friend, A Shy Violet,and Tickled Pink… ACloser Look At Colors and How To Use Them

  2. ColorFamilies Colors come in a few basic families: • Primary • Secondary • Tertiary • Tints/Pastels • Neutrals/Earthtones • Tones • Shades • Warm • Cool

  3. ChromaticCamaraderie • PRIMARY means FIRST, these are the FIRST colors you use to make all colors • PrimaryColorsinclude: • Red YellowBlue

  4. ChromaticCamaraderie • SECONDARY means SECOND, these are the SECOND set of colors we get from mixing PRIMARY colors • SecondaryColorsinclude: • Orange Purple Green

  5. ChromaticCamaraderie • TERTIARY means THIRD, these are the THIRD set of colors. Tertiary Colors include colors made by mixing a primary and a secondary: • Magenta = Red+ Purple • Vermillion = Red + Orange • Saffron = Orange + Yellow • Pistachio = Yellow + Green • Turquoise = Green + Blue • Violet= Blue + Purple

  6. ChromaticCamaraderie • TINTS/PASTELS are colors mixed with WHITE. We see them a lot at EASTER and in SPRING. • Pink= Red + White • Peach= Orange + White • Lemon= Yellow + White • Mint= Green + White • SkyBlue= Blue + White • Lavender= Purple + White

  7. ChromaticCamaraderie • NEUTRALS/EARTHTONESare colors you makebymixing all other colors, or OPPOSITECOLORS likeREDandGREEN. • Black • White • Gray • Brown

  8. ChromaticCamaraderie • TONES are colors mixed with GRAY. • Rust = Red + Gray • DustyOrange = Orange + Gray • Chartreuse = Yellow + Gray • Olive = Green + Gray • Steel Blue = Blue + Gray • Dusty Plum = Purple + Gray

  9. ChromaticCamaraderie • SHADES are colors mixed with BLACK. These are also called DARK COLORS. • Maroon = Red + Black • Burnt Orange = Orange + Black • Khaki = Yellow + Black • Pine = Green + Black • Cornflower = Blue + Black • Plum = Purple + Black

  10. ChromaticCamaraderie • WARM COLORS are colors you see in FIRE. • They can also be made by mixing these colors. You can make a color WARM by adding one of these colors to it. • RedOrangeYellow • RaspberryVermillionSaffron • AuburnMahoganyMocha

  11. ChromaticCamaraderie • COOL colors are colors you see in WATER. You can make a color COOL by adding one of these colors to it. • GreenBluePurple • PineAquaViolet • MossTurquoise Magenta

  12. A Colorful Closing • We mixed a lot of colors today! Whatdo you think we would get if we put allthe colors together? • RAINBOW!!!

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