Colour Class
All this practice from Color I and Color II at Pratt Institute during 2022-2023.
VALUE MATCHING
Make 3 Color aid samples, each having a gray of a distincly different value. Make sure the gray is in the middle position of each square and the two chosen hues precisely match the gray value. The two hues may be different in each sample.
VALUE SCALE
Value refers to the lightness or darkness of a colour - in this case, a grey. This scale will be created in achromatic steps. Achromatic means the absence of colour - only using mixtures of black and white.
Light Square ---Warm
Shadow (Shade)
Light (Tint)
Pure Hues
Complement Scale
To make a 5 step scale in paint which moves in even steps from one complement to another through a neutral middle mixture.
Five Value Still Life
To create a 5-Step Scale assigning a pure warm color for light and a pure complementary cool color for the shadow. To complete a painting with a convincing sense of volume, light and shadow of still-life objects that will appear to be bathed in light.
1. Draw a refined view of objects with distinct shadows and light.
2. Create a diagram by tracing the drawing, isolating five values and numbering them (light #1 > darkest shadow #5).
3. Develop a pencil value scale matching the drawing from lightest to darkest.
4. Choose two complementary colours for light (warm) and shadow (cool), with one complement formed by mixing two primary colours.
5. Ensure the finished painting maintains the same value relationship as the original drawing.
6. Paint while aiming for a match between all paint values and the pencil values in the original drawing.
Colour proof problem
Make middle mixture samples using a 3 colour palette. Each sample should combine 2 of your choices: 1+2, 2+3, 3+1. Mount 3 samples on one piece of Bristol.
Transparency Problem
Choose any sample from above and repeat same colors in a cross formation. Then move it into the light (finding appropriate tints) and into the shadow (finding appropriate shades) of your hues. Mount
3 Transparencies on one piece of Bristol (separately from the Color Proofs above).
Colour triangle with Proofs
Create a triangle composition of 9 Color aid steps which create harmony of three chosen colors.
Cube in Light
