Vocabulary
Triadic Color Harmony (Scheme): Any three colors equidistant on the color wheel.
Complimentary Colors: Two colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel, meaning they are in extreme contrast with each other.
Analogous Colors: Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel and are closely related -- such as yellow, yellow-orange, yellow-green, and green.
Color Harmony (Scheme) Background
Color Harmony (Scheme) Review
Color Harmony (Scheme) Assignment
Examples of repeating images can be seen in the art of Andy Warhol, and art inspired by Andy Warhol.
Step Three: Use your color wheels to pick three color harmonies (schemes). Your final work must include:
- A complimentary color harmony (scheme),
- An analogous color harmony (scheme), and
- A triadic color harmony (scheme).
You will be painting with temera paint on paper. You might find that the tempera paint is a bad or unusual consistency. You may need to use water with your tempera paint to apply it evenly. You may need to paint over a section more that once, in order for the paint to cover the section completely. Please remember that part of your grade will be based on aesthetics, and the aesthetics portion of your grade is determined by craftsmanship. Do your best work.
One of the goals of this project is for you to see how the colors interact with each other when they are placed next to each other. Because of that, you should not outline your designs with black marker.
Color Harmony (Scheme) Assignment Examples
The flag on the top right represents an analogous color harmony (scheme). The colors used in this flag are next to each other on the color wheel.
The flag on the bottom left represents a triadic color harmony (scheme). The colors used are equidistant from each other on the color wheel.
The flag on the bottom right represents a color harmony (scheme) of my choosing. It happens to also represent a split complimentary color harmony (scheme).