Where does Colour come from?

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Where does Colour come from

• Paint consists of ground up pigment in some sort
  of liquid.
• Pigments are ground colored material.

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Early Colours

• The first paintings were cave paintings such as
  those pictured at right.
• Ancient peoples would decorate walls of
  protected caves with paint made from dirt or
  charcoal mixed with spit or animal fat.
• Their tools were hands frayed twigs and animal
  hair and feathers.

Paleolithic horses from the Chauvet-Pont-dArc
cave in southeast France
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• Ancient Egypt and Rome (3000 BC to 500 AD)
• Artists painted frescoes
• (powdered paint mixed in plaster )

• Ancient Greeks
• (3000 BC- 200 AD)
• Artists painted scenes from mythology on vases
  and bowls

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The Middle Ages and The
Renaissance(500 AD- 1400AD) (1400 AD- 1600
AD)
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• Oil Paint
• created about 1500 AD
• Powdered paint mixed with linseed oil
• Used for paintings on canvas and wood
• Water Colour
• Pigment mixed with water
• Tempera oil and watercolour were the main types
  of paint until the 1950s
• Acrylic Paint
• Pigment mixed with plastic
• More durable
• Dries fastthis has pros and cons
• inexpensive

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Blue

• calm peaceful pacific.
• Hygiene freshness and cleanliness
• Blue stands for peace

Modern expressions to be blue with cold
(freezing) once in a blue moon (very rarely)
to be in a blue funk (petrified) the blue
(sea) blue-blooded (of noble blood).  
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Yellow

• The colour of the sun of light of summer.
• Yellow draws peoples attention.
• In advertising yellow is used to attract the
  eye.

But Yellow is also associated with illness.
Seagoing ships for example reserved their
yellow pavilions as quarantine quarters. Yellow
is also associated with cowardice and newspapers
that exploit sensationalism.
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Orange Associated with Sunsets autumn and
Halloween and anything warm and tropical

• The colour orange got its name at the time
  oranges first arrived in Europe. The delicious
  fruit was called the orange.
• We associate orange with fall colours fire
  earth and pottery.

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Red The colour of passionate love sensuality
and desire.

• Red excites our senses and activates blood
  circulation.
• Red is joyful.
• Red means speed and action.
• Red and orange are easiest to see from a
  distance.
• Red attracts our attention
• Red the colour of blood identifies first aid
  services such as the Red Cross.
• Red conveys anger and aggressiveness such as in
  to see red and red with anger.

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Green Luck and newness nature and envy

• In the Middle Ages green was considered the
  colour of calamity and evil and was associated
  with the Devil itself. It symbolized superstition
  to the point where one avoided dressing in green.
• Some expressions we use
• to give someone the green light (permission)
• to be green behind the ears (inexperienced)
• to be green with envy (jealous)
• to have a green thumb (be to a good gardener).
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VioletPurple and gold are often associated with
Royalty wealth and opulence

• The religious world associates violet with the
  Passion of Christ.
• In the days of the British Empire mauve was the
  only colour allowed to complement grey black and
  white during periods of half-mourning.
• During the sixties the violet family of colours
  became very popular.

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Colour Terms

• HueHue refers to the name of a color.  Eg.  Red
  blue and purple.
• IntensityIt is not always enough to know the hue
  of a color since a color has many different
  shades.  
• Intensity is used to describe the brightness and
  purity of a color.    When a hue is strong and
  bright it is said to be high in intensity.  When
  a color is faint dull and gray it is said to be
  low in intensity.
• Intensities of Green

High Intensity Low Intensity
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More Terms

• Value in ColorWhen describing a hue value
  refers to its lightness or darkness.  Value
  changes are often obtained by adding black or
  white to a hue.
• Here is an example of a value scale that has
  values ranging from the darkest dark to the
  whitest white
• Shade Tint

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The Colour Wheel

• A color wheel is often used to help explain and
  understand color.

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Primary Colours

• The three primary colors are red yellow and
  blue.  They are called primary colors because
  they could be mixed to make all the other colors
  but mixing other colors cannot make them.

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Secondary Colours

• The secondary colors are orange green and
  violet. Mixing equal amounts of two primary
  colors together makes secondary colors.   As a
  result they are located midway between the
  primary colors on the color wheel.

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Tertiary Colours

• Tertiary colors are also known as intermediate
  colors.    Both terms refers to the colors found
  between the primary and secondary colors.  
  Mixing uneven amounts of two primary colors
  together makes tertiary colors.   Examples of
  tertiary colors are Yellow-Green Blue-Green
  Blue-Violet and Red-Violet.

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Warm Colours

• Warm colors consist of red yellow and orange.  
  They are referred to as warm colors because they
  are usually found in things such as fire and that
  sun which gives off heat and make people feel
  warm. 

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Cool Colours

• Cool colors consist of blue green and violet.  
  Could you guess why they are called cool
  colors

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Complimentary Colours

• Complementary colors are also known as opposite
  colors.  The term refers to two colors that are
  directly opposite to each other on the color
  wheel.   For example blue and orange are
  complementary colors.  

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Analogous Colours

• Analogous (uh-NAL-uh-gus) colors sit next to each
  other on the color wheel. They tend to look
  pleasant together because they are closely
  related.
• TRY IT! Choose a primary color and a secondary
  color. For example you might choose blue and
  green. Dont they look nice together Thats
  because they are analogous. With just these two
  colors you can create even more analogous
  colorsblue-green green-blue and others
  in-between. All of these will have a color in
  common blue.

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Neutrals

• Neutrals dont usually show up on the color
  wheel. Neutral colors include black white gray
  and sometimes brown and beige. They are sometimes
  called earth tones.
• TRY IT! There are a few different ways to make
  neutral colors. You can blend black and white to
  make gray. You can create brown in two waysby
  blending two complementary colors together or by
  blending all three primary colors together.