COLOUR THEORY BASICS. COLOUR VALUE. COLOUR SATURATION

COLOUR THEORY BASICS

COLOUR VALUE

COLOUR SATURATION

I Watch the video about properties or characteristics of colours. What characteristics of a colour are important for designers and artists?

II Copy the sentences into your exercise books. Watch the video again and complete the sentences.

1) A hue ____ the ____ of a colour like red, blue, green, yellow, and orange.

2) Saturation refers to the ____ or purity of a hue.

3) High _____ means the colour is really _____ and desaturation ____ the colour looks washed out or greyed out.

4) Value refers to the degree of lightness or darkness of a __.

This ____ scale shows you a full range of values.

5) A shade is a hue produced by adding ____, so here you have a variety of shades of red made by mixing the red with increasing amounts of black.

6) A tint is a ____ produced by adding _____, so now you have a variety of red tints made by mixing the red with increasing amounts of white.

7) A tone is a hue ______ by adding grey, so now you have a variety of ____ tones made by mixing red with increasing amounts of ___.

  

III You will get a card with a name of a colour. Study your card and create a sentence with the name of your colour using the model below:

1) _______ is hue.

 OR

_______ is a shade of ______.

OR

_____ is a tint of _____.

2) X is produced by mixing _____ and ______

FOR EXAMPLE

Green is a hue. Green is produced by mixing blue and yellow.

Ruby s a shade of red. Ruby is produced by mixing red and black.

IV Look at the assigned reading (Text 1 Colour basics), find the terms and notions listed below and get ready to explain them using the model.

MODEL

X  refers to  (Noun or noun phrase).

For example: Saturation refers to the purity of a hue.

Z means (that) + (Clause).  (clause= noun + verb)

For example: High intensity means that the colour is really bright.

COLOUR

COLOUR WHEEL

UNDERSTANDING COLOUR THEORY

ROY G BIV

COLOUR SPECTRUM

LOCATION OF TERTIARY COLOURS

TERTIARY COLOUR

PRIMARY COLOUR

LOCATION OF SECONDARY COLOURS

SECONDARY COLOUR

V Vocabulary focus. Check your knowledge of words and expressions used to speak about colour theory.

1) Focus on the words and expressions (study definitions) 

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2) Match the terms to their definitions  https://www.studystack.com/picmatch-2853594

3) Solve the crossword using active vocabulary https://www.studystack.com/crossword-2853594

4) Complete the quiz by choosing correct definitions  https://www.studystack.com/quiz-2853594

5) chase down the correct answer to earn points  https://www.studystack.com/bugmatch-2853594

6) Unscramble words and phrases (correct order of letters) https://www.studystack.com/wordscramble-2853594

7) Type in words to fillin the blanks https://www.studystack.com/fillin-2853594

8) test your knowledge of  vocabulary

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