COLOR ELEMENTS OF BEAUTY 1. Color 4. texture 2. Line 5. value 3.

Form Color as an element of beauty COLOR- is the sensation produced by the variation of optic nerve which excitation in turn caused by the variation of a value in a ray of light. RAY OF LIGHT- is composed of waves, which have different wave length SPECTRUM- series of colors in the rainbow arranged in the order of their wave length. HUE- another word for color especially use with segment by mixing adjacent or neighboring color. VALUE- refers to the darkness or lightness of colors. INTENSITY- refers to the dullness or brightness of colors. TINT- a color that is lighter than normal color. SHADE- a color that is darker than normal color. ADVANCING COLOR- color with long wave length as yellow and orange. They appear to come toward the observer. RECEDING COLOR- colors of short wave length like blue, green and violet. They appear to move away from the observer. NORMAL COLOR- the color in its pure most intense (brightness state) as it is in rainbow the color is in its fullest strength. NEUTRAL COLOR- black, white, and gray. WARM COLOR- a hue with a dominance in red or yellow. They appear advancing and make object appear nearer and larger. COOL COLOR- a hue with a dominance of sky blue seen to denote color of fuss are treated its bluish tint rather than press.

CLASSIFICATION OF COLORS: 1. Primary colors- not mixed of other color ( Red, Yellow, Blue) 2. Secondary colors- are form by the combination of primary colors. 2.1 R+Y= orange 2.2 Y+B= green 2.3 R+B= violet or purple 3. Tertiary colors- are form by the combination of two secondary colors.

3.1 O+G= olive 3.1 G+V= slate 3.3 O+V= russet 4. Intermediate color- are the mixture of primary and secondary colors 4.1 R+O 4.2 Y+O 4.3 B+G 4.4 Y+G 4.5 R+V 4.6 B+V 5. Quarternary color- are mixture of tertiary colors. 5.1 O+S= sage 5.2 S+R= plums 5.3 O+R= buff Purple or Violet =sign of royalty, the highest color of mourning. INTENSITY OR CHROMA- is the dimension that tells the brightness or dullness of a color its strength or weakness in other words, it is the property of describing the distance of the color from neutrality. Intensity is the quality of color that makes possible for a certain hue such as red to whisper, to shout or to speak in a gentlemanly tone the color of full intensity are very striking and a form of brilliant and intersecting effect when they are use with directions. WAYS OF EMPHASIZING COLOR 1. By placing it next to its complement. 2. By combining the color with the neutral color. Black and white will be emphasizing color more than gray. 3. By repeating it if a large amount of the same hue in a lower intensity. 4. By repeating in some other parts of a complement a small note of the same hue in a brighter intensity. WAYS OF MAKING COLORLESS INTENSE 1. By combining a very large amount of a very bright color with a very dull or delicate color. 2. A bright color may be made less intense if it is combined with a very dull color about the same value and slightly different in hue. SUMMARY OF INTENSITY 1. Some colors are made forceful than others. 2. Color may be made duller or less intense by mixing it with other complementary color. 3. Color may be made to appear more intense by placing besides their complementary color. 4. A bright color creates an after image of its complement which will affect the appearance of the color seen or near it. CHROMATIC AND ACHROMATIC COLORS 1. Chromatic colors- are those colors that are definite. 1. red 2. yellow 3. orange 4. blue 5. green 6. violet

2. Achromatic colors- are those colors without the common pigments. 1. black 2. silver 3. gold or golden 4. gray 5. white 6. dull brown

COLOR HARMONY- is the pleasant combination of colors so that it will be agreeable to the eye. KINDS OF COLOR HARMONY 1. Monochromatic harmony- is the combination of two or more values of the same color. Ex. high light yellow, light yellow, dark yellow, low light yellow high dark red, medium red, dark red, light red 2. Analogous harmony- is the combination of three colors with one color pigment Ex.yellow, yellow orange, orange, yellow green blue, blue-green, green, blue-violet 3. Triadic harmony- is the combination of the colors, which are equidistant with each other in the color wheel. Ex. red, yellow, blue Violet, orange, green red-orange, yellow green, blue-violet 4. Complementary harmony- is the combination of two colors which are opposite with each other in the color wheel. Ex.orange, blue red-violet, yellow-green 5. Adjacent complementary harmony- the combination of two adjacent colors with the complement of either one of the common pigment. Ex.yellow, yellow-orange, violet red, red-violet, green 6. Split complementary harmony- a combination of color with another two colors, which are adjacent to the right and left to the complement. Ex. yellow-orange, yellow-green, violet red-orange, red-violet, green 7. Double complementary harmony- a combination of two sets of complementary colors. Ex. red, green, orange, blue Yellow, orange, blue-violet, yellow-green 8. Analogous complementary harmony- the combination of two or more analogous colors together with the complement of the common color pigment. Ex. yellow, yellow-orange, yellow-green, violet blue, blue-green, blue-violet, orange 9. Neutral harmony- the combination of two or more neutral color Ex. black, white, brown, golden, silver