Color in Mixed

Media
Design In Mixed Media

The Color Wheel

The Primary Colors
Red, Yellow, Blue

Secondary Colors
Green, Violet, Orange

Tertiary/Intermediate Colors
Yellow-green, Blue-green
Blue-violet, Red-violet,
Red-orange, Yellow-orange

Color: How artists use the

color wheel
Theprimary
colors:
Red,blue,yellow
(cannotbemixed)

SecondaryColors:
Green,Violet,
Orange
(createdfrom
primaries)

Tertiary/Intermediate Colors
Yellow-green, Bluegreen
Blue-violet, Red-violet,
Red-orange, Yelloworange

Element of art: Color

Color has three properties:

Hue, Value, intensity/saturation
Example: RED

Hue:straightoutofthetraywillbethebrightest,puresthue
Value:Addingwaterwilldiminishthevalue
Intensity:Addingacolorscomplementwilldecreaseintensity/saturation

How do we achieve these

qualities in watercolor?

Hue: straight out of the tray will be the

brightest, purest hue
Value: Adding water will diminish the
value
Intensity: Adding a colors complement
will decrease intensity/saturation

Color Schemes (set of

colors)
Monochromatic: A composition using a
single hue, many values of that Hue

Color Schemes:
complementary colors
usingpredominatelycomplementarycolorsandin
differentvalues/intensities

Color Schemes
Triadic color scheme

Color schemes: Analogous

Colors
Usingcolors
besideeach
otherinthe
colorwheel.

Color temperature:
Warm
Temperatureortemperreferstoacolorswarmorcoolquality
and
Cool
ofappearance,thusincreasingthecolorsabilitytosuggest
moodordistance.

Tempera Value Scale

Diagram
PureColor

Tempera Value Scales

Color Wheel Assignment

Get the handout on Nature Color Wheel.
Select a flower to use as the subject of
your color wheel.
Follow measurements and separations
outlined on the handout.
Lightly layout the outline of your flower.
Remember to use the colors complement
to create your darker values. Use tonal
gradations for lighter values or burnish
with white colored pencil. NO BLACK!
Follow the correct color sequence!

Color Wheel Assignment

Natures Color Wheel

Paloma
Arevalo
2009

Natures Color Wheel

Mary
Gianola
2007

Natures Color Wheel

EdenEyob
2007

Natures Color Wheel

DanielaL.
2008

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Violet
Blue-violet (blue + violet)
Shade of blue (blue + black)
Tint of blue (blue + white)
Tint of violet (violet + white)

Pop Art Self Portrait

3. Use a SMALL brush to carefully paint the worksheet according to these color schemes

Practice mixing
tempera paint to
achieve
secondary colors,
intermediate
colors, tints, and
shades on a Color
Scheme Practice
Worksheet.

PRIMARY

COMPLEMENTARY

Red

Yellow

Yellow

Blue

Blue

prim
ary
Violet

Black

Blue

Tint of
violet

BlueViolet

ANALOGOUS

Tint of
blue

Shade
of blue

MONOCHROMATIC

Pop Art Self-Portrait

Learn about Pop Art, multiples, and Andy
Warhols silk screen prints.
Create four self-portraits with four
different color schemes.
Mix and apply tempera paint in different
primary, secondary, and intermediate
colors with tints and shades.

Our inspiration: Pop Art

Originated in England with a group of
artists commenting on American popular
culture.
Pop art was not serious, but used as
subjects all the commercial stuff that is
all around us: mass produced products,
celebrities, consumer culture.

One of the first Pop Art artists:

Richard Hamilton (Just what is it that makes
todays home so different, so appealing?)

Richard Hamiltons
definition:
Pop Art is

Popular
Transcient
Expendable
Low Cost
Mass Produced
Glamorous
Witty
Young
Sexy
Gimmicky

Some Pop Art Artists

Claes Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg

Robert Rauschenberg

Robert
Rauschenberg

Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein

James Rosenquist

James
Rosenquist

Our inspiration: Andy

Warhol

Andy Warhol

Everyone is famous for 15

minutes.

Andy Warhol: Silk Screens

Andy Warhol: Silk Screens

Andy Warhol: Silk Screens

Our Pop Art Self-Portraits:

Inspired by Andy Warhols Silk
Screens

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Violet
Blue-violet (blue + violet)
Shade of blue (blue + black)
Tint of blue (blue + white)
Tint of violet (violet + white)

Pop Art Self Portrait

3. Use a SMALL brush to carefully paint the worksheet according to these color schemes

Practice mixing
tempera paint to
achieve
secondary colors,
intermediate
colors, tints, and
shades on a Color
Scheme Practice
Worksheet.

PRIMARY

COMPLEMENTARY

Red

Yellow

Yellow

Blue

Blue

prim
ary
Violet

Black

Blue

Tint of
violet

BlueViolet

ANALOGOUS

Tint of
blue

Shade
of blue

MONOCHROMATIC

Pop Art
Portrait

EmilyGalvan,2011

PopArt
Portrait

ThanhTran,2011

PopArt
Portrait

TylerCosner,2011