Color Theory

To be successful in embalming and restorative art you must have an understanding of the:

Theory of color

Color theory will assist the:

Sound judgement necessary for optimal performance within our profession

Soft, quiet, gentle

Light colors

Serious, depth, weight

Darker colors

Energetic, youthful, friendly

Clear tones

Exciting, draws attention

Bright colors

Refined, serious, sophisticated, dull

Muted tones

Somber, depressing

Dull muddy colors

Colors invoke:

Emotion

Purity, innocence, peace, goodness

White

Nature, rest, envy, money

Green

Royalty, wisdom, maturity, drama

Purple

Harmony, calmness, power, dignity

Blue

Sophistication, power, gloom, misery, darkness, death, evil, badness

Black

Love, passion, vigor, power, activity, blood, pain, death

Red

- The response to light of specific wave-length of radiant energy which strike the retina of the eye

- This then transmits an impulse to the brain

Color

Color is a ________ sensation

Visual

Responsible for our seeing varying degrees of light

Rods

Responsible for our perception of color

Corners

Within the retina lie __________ different layers of cells including the rods and cones

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Perception of color is a highly personal experience and can be influenced by:

- Past experience or association

- Aesthetic preference

- Eye fatigue

- Sharpness of vision (visual acuity)

- Color blindness

Color's appearance can be influenced by the type and amount of:

Illumination

One's color's appearance can be influenced by another:

Adjacent color (emphasize or diminish)

Color begins with:

Light

When a beam of light is passed through a prism, it is dispersed, or broken down into 7 individual colors

Spectrum

All color originates from a source of light known as _______, which is a mixture of all colors

White light

Daylight is an example of:

White light

Technically, has no color of its own, but rather absorbs certain rays and reflects others

Pigment

________ absorb all colors but red, which is reflected

Lips

The progressive arrangement of colors that appear when a beam of light is dispersed (broken down) into its component colors

Spectrum

The separation of light waves

Dispersion

Colored objects absorb rays of light, which illuminate it, while others are reflective

Absorption

The return of light from a source

Reflection

The color of an object is the:

Reflected color

The three dimensions of color:

1. Hue

2. Value

3 Intensity (saturation)

The property of a color by which it is distinguished from another

Hue

The lightness or darkness of a color

Value

Light value

High

Dark value

Low

The value of colors may be altered by:

The addition of proper pigments to create tints or shades

- A hue into which various quantities of white are mixed

- The whites dilute the color, lightening the value

Tint

- A hue into which various quantities of black are mixed

- The black darkens the value

Shade

- The amount of strength a color, or hue has

- It describes the degree of purity, or the brightness or dullness, of a hue

Intensity (saturation)

A hue mixed with either a small quantity of gray, or a compliment of that hue, resulting in a dulling, making it more neutral or less intense

Tone

- A color not found in the visible spectrum

- A neutral color such as gray, black or white

Achromatic color

A variation of one hue, or a tone, tint, or shade of a hue

Monochromatic color

- An illustrative model of hues arranged in a circle

- It shows the relationship between the primary, secondary, and intermediate/tertiary colors

Color

The Prang Color Wheel

1. Primary hues (3)

2. Secondary hues (3)

3. Intermediate hues (6)

4. Complimentary hues

The three hues that can be combined to make all other hues

Primary colors

All colors originate from the:

Three primary hues

Primary pigment hues cannot:

Be produced by mixtures of other hues

The mixture of the primary hues, in equal amounts, produces:

Gray

Equal mixtures of two primary hues

Secondary hues

Equal mixtures of a primary and secondary color

Intermediate hues

- Colors found directly opposite one another on the color wheel

- When seen together they present vivid contrasts

Complimentary hues

- Two or more hues that have the same hue in common

- They are located adjacent to one another on the color wheel

Analogous colors

Simultaneous contrasts

Juxtaposition

When any two hues are placed side by side or one hue is superimposed upon the other:

- If they are compliments, they will enrich each other

- If they are not compliments, they will dull each other

Visual impressions remaining after a stimulus is removed

After image

A negative after image will appear in the:

Complementary colors of the image shown

- A color characterized by long wavelengths

- Makes objects appear closer and larger and reflects warmth

Warm color

The warmest hue

Organge

- A color characterized by short wavelengths

- Makes objects appear to recede and reflects coldness

Cool color

The coolest hue

Blue