| Course: THEA 272 Stagecraft
Basic Color Notes
and color wheels |
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Hue: Position of a color in the spectrum
Primary: Spectrum hue that cannot be reproduced by mixing.
Painters work from a basic palette of 12 hues.
Value: Movement of a color toward white:
Tints: Lighter values ("higher")
Shades: darker values ("lower")
Generally seven steps from white to black is practical and clearly distinguishable.
Chroma: Purity of a hue from complementary mixture: movement toward neutral; higher chroma is more pure. Generally four steps from pure to neutral is practical
Pigment: Coloring agent; chemical properties of a color
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1. Red
2. Red-orange (Cadmium red) 3. Orange 4. Yellow - orange (Cadmium yellow, golden yellow) 5. Yellow 6. Yellow-green (Lemon yellow) |
7. Green 8. Blue-green (Forest green, Hooker's green) 9. Blue (Navy, Prussian blue) 10. Blue-violet (Ultramarine blue) 11. Violet 12. Red-violet (Alizarin crimson) |
Primaries are not available in pure form. Artists find various pigments that will produce colors close to what they wish.
Emotional responses to color are a function of
Color Schemes:
a) Monochrome: One hue with variations in chroma and value
b) Analogous: Closely related hues on wheel
c) 3rd and 5th Interval: Hues of like primary mixtures
d) Complementary: use of hue opposites.
Color plot: Combination of color chips in groups to be used in the production for matching paint.
