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    Color theory is the study of how humans perceive and use color. It explains how colors mix, match, and contrast with each other. Color can be used to attract attention, organize content, emphasize elements, and evoke emotion in design. Different colors have psychological associations - for example, red is associated with energy and anger, while blue represents trust and peace. Color theory teaching includes understanding hue, tint, tone, shade, primary and secondary colors, color wheels, and rendering techniques using different mediums like pencils and pens.

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    Color theory is the study of how humans perceive and use color. It explains how colors mix, match, and contrast with each other. Color can be used to attract attention, organize content, emphasize elements, and evoke emotion in design. Different colors have psychological associations - for example, red is associated with energy and anger, while blue represents trust and peace. Color theory teaching includes understanding hue, tint, tone, shade, primary and secondary colors, color wheels, and rendering techniques using different mediums like pencils and pens.

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    Color theory is the study of how humans perceive and use color. It explains how colors mix, match, and contrast with each other. Color can be used to attract attention, organize content, emphasize elements, and evoke emotion in design. Different colors have psychological associations - for example, red is associated with energy and anger, while blue represents trust and peace. Color theory teaching includes understanding hue, tint, tone, shade, primary and secondary colors, color wheels, and rendering techniques using different mediums like pencils and pens.

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    COLOR THEORY

    INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF DESIGN


    INTRODUCTION

    Color theory is both the science and art of using color. It


    explains how humans perceive color; and the visual effects
    of how colors mix, match or contrast with each other.
    ABOUT COLOR

    • It has the power to create an emotion.


    • Color helps us instantly understand our environment.
    • It is important to our everyday life.
    WHY COLOR IS IMPORTANT?
    • It can be used to attract attention, organize content,
    emphasize elements, evoke emotion and help a design look
    aesthetically pleasing.
    • Order to choose the right colors and color combinations.
    COLOR PSYCHOLOGY

    • RED- is the color of energy, passion, action, ambition and


    determination. It is also the color of anger.

    • ORANGE –is the color of social communication.


    COLOR PSYCHOLOGY
    • YELLOW -is the color of mind, happiness cheerful.
    • GREEN -is the color of balance and growth.
    • BLUE -is the color of trust and peace, coolness.
    • WHITE -is color at its most complete and pure, the color of
    perfection. The color meaning of white is purity.
    • BLACK -is the color of the hidden, darkness.
    MATERIAL LIST
    • A3 Size Sketchbook
    • High Quality Drawing Pencil – HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B,10B
    • Color mediums - Poster Color (set of 14 colors)
    Acrylic Color (set of 14 colors)
    • Scale, Eraser, Rough Cloth
    • Color Palette (Small, Medium )
    • Water Bowl
    • Brush for Coloring Round Brush – 0, 1, 2, 4
    Flat Brush – 6, 8, 9 ( camlin
    preferable)
    • Fine Writer Colorful Pens
    • Tinted Sheet ( Professional Colors preferable)
    • Staedtler Pencil Colors
    Rendering Techniques

    Mediums Used For Rendering :


    • High Quality Pencils (set of B pencils)
    • Staedtler Color Pencils (set od 36 or 48)
    • Artline Pen ( 0.1 TO 5 )
    • Scale, Eraser, Rough Cloth
    INTRODUCTION TO RENDERING
    RENDERING TECHNIQUES WITH DIFFERENT MEDIUMS –
    • BY USING STEADLERS PENCILS
    • BY USING DIFFERENT SHADES OF PENCILS
    • BY USING ARTLINE PENS

    SMOOTH HATCH CROSS HATCH STIPPLING


    BLENDING
    DEFINATIONS

    • HUE - A HUE refers to the dominant Color Family of the


    specific color. White, Black and Grey are never referred to
    as a Hue.

    • COLOR -The color of something is the appearance that it


    has as a result of the way in which it reflects light.
    TYPES OF COLOR SCHEME

    Primary Color Scheme - A primary color is


    a color that cannot be made from a combination of
    any other colors.
    Primary colors are : RED, YELLOW, BLUE
    REF FOR PORTFOLIO
    TYPES OF COLOR SCHEME

    Secondary Color Scheme - A secondary color is a


    color created from a combination of
    two primary colors.
    Secondary colors are : ORANGE, GREEN, VOILET
    REF FOR PORTFOLIO
    TYPES OF COLOR SCHEME
    Tertiary Color Scheme - Tertiary colors are the
    resulting color formed when an equal amount of
    a primary and a secondary color are mixed.
    Tertiary colors are : RED-ORANGE, YELLOW-
    ORANGE, YELLOW-GREEN,
    BLUE-GREEN, BLUE-VOILET, RED-VOILET
    REF FOR PORTFOLIO
    INTRODUCTION TO COLOR
    INTRODUCTION TO COLOR WHEEL

    COLOR WHEEL : A color wheel or color circle is an abstract


    illustrative organization of color hues around a circle, which shows
    the relationships between primary colors, secondary colors,
    tertiary colors
    TINTS, TONE AND SHADE
    • TINTS - a tint is a mixture of a color with white,
    which reduces darkness. Pure color + white = Tint
    Example : Red (pure color) + White = Reddish
    White
    TINTS, TONE AND SHADE

    • TONE - is produced either by the mixture of a


    color with gray, or by both tinting and shading.
    Pure color + gray = Tone
    Example : Blue (pure color)+ gray = Bluish
    Gray
    TINTS, TONE AND SHADE

    • SHADE - Is the mixture of a color with black,


    which reduces lightness. Yellow ( pure color) +
    Black = Yellowish black
    Tint, Tone, Shade
    THANK YOU

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