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Art 325 - Oil Painting

Color Charts, Definitions, and Some Rules

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Shade
adding black to a hue
Spilt Complement
a color, its complement, plus one color anologous to the complement and tints & shades.
Color Rule 7
a color gains power when it rests on its complement
Splot Complement #2
a color and the two colors that are analougous to the complement but not the complement, plus all its tints and shades
Color Rule 4
bright colors advance, dull colors recede
primary
a color that connot be mixed from two other hues. (Red, Yellow, Blue) (we break that rule in our color wheel)
Complementary:
Two colors that are across from eachother on the color wheel plus all of their tints and shades
Tint
adding white to a hue
Secondary
a hue that is in between two primaries (orange, green, violate
stippling
you can suggest a secondary or tertiary by painting small dots of primary hues next to and around and in between each other (optical mixing)
Nuetralizing a color
you can add a color to its complement to shade and object. It turns brown.
Color Rule 1
warm colors advance, cool colors recede
Triad:
Three colors spaced equidistantly on the color wheel, plus all their tints and shades.
Hue
a pure color on the color wheel
Color Rule 2
hues advance, tinits and shades reced
Monochromatic
one color all of its values through the use of tints and shades
Color Rule 3
hues advance, nuetrals reced
Achromatic
Black, Greys, and White
Tertiary
a hue that is in between a primary and a secondary hue (yellow/orange, blue violet)
Analogous:
Three or four colors next to eachother on the color wheel, plus all the tints and shades. (DOESN"T cross over a primary)
Simultaneous contrast
your eyes can see the complement of a hue while looking at that hue.
Color Rule 5
light advances, dark recedes
Glazing
you can change a color by painting over it with a thin application of another color
Color Rule 6
complex line structure advances while flat planes of color recede (detail v background)
Tinted shade
adding black and white to a hue

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