Color Theory Basics Video Lecture - Self Help Learning

it's important for you to know how to
mix your own colors to make your color
palettes appear cohesive it is also
cheaper than buying a tube of paint for
every color so here's how to paint a
color wheel from scratch all you need to
start are the three primary colors red
blue and yellow all other colors can be
created mixing these in different ways
note that mixing all three together will
make a muddy brown the secondary colors
purple green and orange are created by
mixing primary colors red and blue makes
purple blue and yellow makes green and
yellow and red makes orange tertiary
colors are created by mixing a primary
color with a secondary color these are
red orange red purple blue purple blue
green yellow green and yellow orange and
now we have our basic color wheel so to
recap you start with primaries mix those
two create secondaries then mix one of
each to create tertiaries now let's go
over some basic terms to help you better
understand and talk about color theory a
hue is the name of a color like red blue
green yellow and orange saturation
refers to the intensity or purity of a
hue high saturation means the color is
really bright and D saturation means the
color looks washed out or grayed out
Valley refers to the degree of lightness
or darkness of a hue this value scale
shows you a full range of values a shade
is a hue produced by adding black so
here you have a variety of shades of red
made by mixing the red with increasing
amounts of black a tint is a hue
produced by adding white so now you have
a variety of red tints made by mixing
the red with increasing amounts of white
a tone is a hue produced by adding gray
so now you have a variety of red tones
made by mixing red with increasing
amounts of gray when artists talk about
color temperatures they mean either warm
colors which are reds oranges and
yellows or cool colors which are
Purple's blues and greens opposite
temperatures create visual contrast and
have different psychological effects
generally worn colours appear bright
cheerful and happy while cool colors
appear dark mysterious and gloomy this
is not always the case though it really
depends on how you present the colors
the color wheel is a great reference
when you're choosing an appealing color
scheme here are some of the most common
types of color schemes a monochromatic
color scheme is made up of one hue plus
either white black or gray here you have
a variety of tints tones and shades of
red complementary colors sit across from
each other on the color wheel
the most common pairs are red and green
purple and yellow and orange and blue
putting these next to each other creates
great contrast and visual interest but
they can easily overpower each other so
it's important to use them carefully an
analogous color scheme is made up of two
or four colors sitting next to each
other on the color wheel these are just
a few examples of analogous color
schemes a triadic color scheme is made
up of three colors that are evenly
spaced around the color wheel again
these are just a few examples of triadic
color schemes a split complementary
color scheme is made up of a base color
and the two colors adjacent to its
complementary color a tetrad at color
scheme is made up of four colors
arranged into two complementary pairs
and a square color scheme is made up of
four complementary colors evenly spaced
around the color wheel hi so I know that
I've loaded you with a ton of
information and you are probably not
going to be able to retain it all right
now and that's totally fine I don't
actually know all of these things by
heart
yeah now that Miele has had something to
drink I did use references and I will
list and link them in the description
below for those of you who are
interested and feel free to reference
this video as often as you need to when
you're working on things the more you
use it the more you will remember but
for now you can reference this video as
much as you need to I'm really excited
to have this video done and out of the
way because now I can make more
interesting videos that reference the
information in this video like color
mixing and color scheme choosing and
that's really exciting because now I'll
get to actually paint something for you
guys I hope this video was helpful if
you're confused about any of the things
that I mentioned in the video please
leave me a comment below and I will
answer as soon as I can if you have any
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