Psychology of Color 3 – The Language of Color

 

You are inside the Master Courses and this is the third lesson of the course on the language of color

Program:

The vocabulary of color
Learning to speak the chromatic language

The basis of recognizing and applying colors
The main terms of the chromatic vocabulary
Neutral colors
The three secondary colors
The six tertiary colors
Analogous colors (or similar or adjacent)
Complementary colors
Complementary pairs create contrast because they do not share common colors

Contrast of pure colors
Contrast of light and dark
Contrast of cold and warm
Contrast of complementary colors
Contrast of quality
Contrast of simultaneity
Contrast of quantity

The 3 variables of color

Hue (also called tint or chromatic or color):
Brightness (also called value, clarity, brilliance)
Saturation (also called purity, fullness, intensity)

How to use the color wheel to understand the hue

Step 1. Construct the outline of a color wheel

Step 2. Paint the color wheel

Step 3. Practice identifying hues

How to use the color wheel to understand brightness

Step 1. Construct a brightness circle

Step 2. Learn to use the brightness circle

Step 3. Learn how to lighten or darken colors

How to use the color wheel to understand saturation

Exercise to learn how to dull a color

Ex. Ability of primaries to neutralize color

How to construct a saturation circle

What is color harmony also called balance or chromatic equilibrium
Exercise on creating color harmony
Preliminary instructions
Creating your work

Example