Year 7 guidance by Mr.Geekie

ART NOTES

These notes have been produced to help with ART in year 7. The notes have been cut down to give the most important aspects only.

COLOUR THEORY

We need to be aware of the following. There are PRIMARY colours – these cannot be created by mixing other colours. Primary colours are classed in two categories.

  1. PIGMENT PRIMARY

Red ( magenta )

Blue (cyan )

Yellow

When pigment colours are mixed together the colour gets DARKER

  • LIGHT PRIMARY

    • Red

    Blue

    Green

    When light colours are mixed together the colour gets LIGHTER

    SECONDARY COLOURS

    When you mix TWO primary colours you get a SECONDARY colour.

    Example – red + yellow = ORANGE

    Yellow + blue = GREEN

    Blue + red = PURPLE

    These colours ORANGE, GREEN and PURPLE are SECONDARY colours of PIGMENT.

    TERTIARY COLOURS

    Are a mixture of all THREE PRIMARY colours. Mixed in different quantities they give different colours.

    For example, 2 parts RED, one part BLUE and one part YELLOW = BROWN

    More YELLOW and less RED would give a KHAKI colour ( sand ).

    COMPLIMENTARY COLOURS

    You need to concentrate here – it is straightforward but it helps if you look at the colour wheel diagram. The COMPLIMENTARY colour of any PRIMARY colour is the SECONDARY mixture of the other TWO PRIMARY COLOURS. So, the complimentary colour of RED is GREEN which is made up of the other two primary colours.

    Homework.

    Draw a simple picture of something which uses all three primary colours. A bowl of fruit or a well known cartoon character are good starting points. Colour the picture using COMPLIMENTARY colours. Red would need to be coloured GREEN, whatever is YELLOW colour PURPLE. If you cannot

    remember which colour is complimentary look at the diagram. If there is any black you can paint it WHITE.