KNOWING THE COLORS

• Colors of the rainbow are always

Colors of the rainbow arranged in the same order
because of the length of the
individual light rays.
• Remember, we see a rainbow
because of light breaking down
through the rain drops (sort of like
a prism).
• A way to remember them is Roy G.
Biv, a man's name. The order
stands for Red, Orange, Yellow,
Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet (also
Newton divided the spectrum into seven named colors: red,
orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. He chose 7
known as purple).
colors out of a belief, derived from the ancient Greeks, that
there was a connection between the colors, the musical notes, • Indigo is a blue-violet color, why it
the known objects in the solar system (at that time only 7
planets were known), and the days of the week. is listed and other colors like
According to modern research, the human eye is insensitive to yellow-orange can blue-green
indigo's frequencies, and some otherwise well-sighted people
cannot distinguish indigo from blue and violet. For this reason aren't, I'm not sure.
some people, including Isaac Asimov, have suggested that
indigo should not be regarded as a color in its own right but
merely as a shade of blue or violet.
 Color Wheel • The Color Wheel is a diagram
that organizes colors. It can be
reproduced by just
remembering the placement of
three colors: Red, Yellow and
Blue. These colors can be used
to make all other colors. Yellow
is always placed at the top, Red
to the left and Blue to the Right
forming an equilateral triangle.
• The purpose of the color wheel
is to show the relationship of
colors to each other.

- organizes HUES
 Cool Colors Warm Colors
Suggest water, grass, and
shadows Suggest heat fire, and
flames

  

 
 Three Properties of Color

All colors possess three basic qualities.

Hue, Value. Intensity
Hue is another word for color and it is basically means the
color pigment present

• All of these have the basic hue of red!

 Hue

• The first row above shows

the natural value of each
full strength color
• The second row shows • Hint to remember these:
orange and how it has been • Tint - Lighter, Tint and White all have "i"
made to be all the steps of for vowels.
value. White was added to • Shade - Darker, shade and Black all have
the right of full strength "a" for vowels.
orange and black to the left.
 Value
• involves the lightness and darkness of a color. A color is
made lighter by adding white and darker by adding black.
Each color also has natural value. From lightest to darkest
are: Yellow, Orange, Red and Green, Blue and Violet.

• Value scales of each of the colors. Notice that it takes more

steps
• to make some lighter and darker.
 Value
• Example viewed in the value unit when we
discussed color value
 Intensity
• is the brightness or dullness of a color. A color can't be made brighter than the way the
pigment comes to you in the paint tube.

• In this example, full strength orange on

the left slowly has a little bit of blue (it's
compliment added to it). This creates
tones of orange. As you progress across
the scale you reach neutral in the center
because there is too much blue mixed
with the orange and it has become a
neutral. If you start on the right with the
blue and slowly add a little orange you
can see tones of blue until you reach the
neutral in the center.

Left example has high intensity. It's very bright.

Right example is low in intensity. It's very dull.

 Intensity
• What is a color's
complement?
• It's directly across from it on
the color wheel.
• Green is the Compliment of
Red
• Hint to remember:
Compliment, Tone & Lower
all have "O" vowels.
 Color can Express Emotions
• Here's a partial list, can you think of others?
•  Light Green - Cool, appetizing, tender 
• Orange - warmth, cheer, stimulating 
• Dark Blue - Cold Distant, noble 
• Brown - mellow, aged, weathered, tasteful 
• Light Blue - innocent, coolness Maroon - rich, luxurious, quiet 
• Deep purple - exclusiveness, stability, royalty 
• Blue violet - twilight, moody 
• Light Purple - fragrant, tender 
• Gray - quiet, mild, slow 
• Red - Excitement, fire, bold, vivid 
• White - clean, cold, spacious 
• Pink - dainty, feminine, delicate Black - sober, intense,
dramatic
Therefore, there are three ways to
change a color:
Tint
Shade
Tone
The Color Formulas
Monochromatic in Interior Design,
Painting and Web Design
Analogous in Interior Design,
Painting and Brochures
Complementary in Interior Design, Painting,
Photo manipulation and Logo Designing
Split
Complementary
in Interior Design,
And Logo Design
Triadic in Interior Design,
Painting, Character
and T-shirts Designing
Triadic in Interior Design, Painting, Character
and T-shirts Designing
Color Scheme In Movies
A color chart or color
reference card is a flat,
physical object that has
many different color
samples present. They can
be available as a single-
page chart, or in the form
of swatchbooks or color-
matching fans.