Colours at the Juinor School:

I'm off to the Juinor school on Friday to teach the students a few basic ideas about colour. Here are the resources I'm planning to use:

The overall use of a colour is to set a tone, mood, or context. Colour is usually the first thing we see.                                                    How would you describe the colours in this painting? Are the colours related in any way?                                                                                                                               Words to help you explain Colour: Bright                                Dull Vibrant                              Subtle Cold                                  Warm  The colour wheel is simply a guide on how colours relate to one another. It also helps explain how secondary colours can be made.       Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple.   This saying can help you remember the primary and secondary colours = Richard Of York Gave Battle Poorly Primary Colours Complementary - two colours opposite one another on the colour wheel, e.g., blue and orange, yellow and purple, red and green. Primary colours are the three key colours - Red, Blue and Yellow. They cannot be made from any other colour.                                                           Why?                                                      Secondary   If you mix equal amounts of the primary colours, you get the Secondary colours - Purple, Green and Orange. Red + Yellow = Orange Yellow + Blue = Green Blue + Red = Purple (violet)   What do you notice about these colours together? Ellsworth Kelly - Red Blue Green - 1963 - When a pair of high intensity complements are placed side by side, they seem to vibrate and draw attention to the element Not all colour schemes, based on complementary colours are loud and demanding - if the hues are of low-intensity the contrast is not too harsh. Intensity can only be altered by mixing a colour with its complement, which has the effect of visually neutralizing the colour. Changing the values of the hues, adding black or white, will soften the effect. Henri Matisse - Woman with the Hat, Paris - 1904-5 - Intermediate Colours are created by mixing a primary and a secondary: Red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-purple, and red-purple. Henri Matisse - Le bonheur de vivre (The Joy of Life) - 1905-06 -