Colors

        Remember when you were little and would color in those kid's coloring books. You would just put color anywhere. You probably colored that dog green and yellow or maybe you colored of the Disney princesses dresses the wrong color. Listen. That's okay. You are trying to figure out what colors are best and that is part of being creative. Let's learn about color theory and how colors work together. 

COLOR THEORY

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        Color is an important part of art. Color gives us an influencing feeling of emotions, conveys meaning, and enhances the aesthetic of the artwork. Let's say you are drawing something to convey a happy emotion, what colors do you think will be best to use? Well, let's learn about color theory. Color theory helps artist, designers, and marketers understand how colors work to create appealing artwork and help convey a specific message. 

Looking at a color wheel will help you visually but knowing what the colors are and the terminology behind them will further your knowledge and help you to pick the right colors. 

• PRIMARY: Red, blue, and yellow. These colors cannot be created by mixing other colors together.
• SECONDARY: Purple, green, and orange. These colors are created by mixing the neighboring primary colors together.
• TERTIARY: Blue green, Orange red, and Yellow green. These colors are created by mixing primary color and a secondary color adjacent to it on the color wheel.

        Now, about that question earlier, let's talk about warm colors and cool colors. Warm colors are red, orange, and yellow. Warm colors give off happy and angry emotions. As for the color red, it can be soft leaves falling in the fall breeze or blood splattered across a battlefield. As for cool colors, blue, purple, and green, can give off sad and calming emotions. As an example, blue can be the calm waves gently splashing against the sand or a tear drop falling from a person's eye. 

COLOR HARMONY

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            There's a lot more depth to colors then just color theory. You can use more than one color or opposite colors on the color wheel to make your artwork even more emotional. Let's talk about color harmony. Color harmony helps to aesthetically arrange the colors on a color wheel to make your artwork even more appealing. 

• COMPLIMENTARY: Colors directly across from each other on the color wheel and create the highest contrast.
• ANALOGOUS: Colors next to each other on the color wheel and create a comfortable design. 
• TRIAD: Three colors evenly spaced around the color wheel offering a vibrant and balanced artwork.  
• MONOCHOMATIC: One color that uses black or white to create a visual effect.

            These color schemes will further help you to pick the right colors in your artwork. Make your art more vibrant and give it more emotion. 

CONCLUSION

            I hope this helped you a bit with color. I hope you use some of my color tips for your art studies! Thank you again for reading and I hope you have a better understanding of color as a whole.