Color and Design

The seven building blocks of every picture: line, shape, form, space, value, texture and color.

1. The Seven Elements of Art
2. Line as an Element
3. Shape and Form
4. Space
5. Value
6. Texture: Actual and Implied
7. Color as an Element

Hue, value and saturation; the color wheel; tints, tones and shades; the color schemes; color temperature and contrast.

1. Hue, Value and Saturation
2. The Color Wheel
3. Tertiary Colors
4. Tints, Tones and Shades
5. Monochromatic Color
6. Complementary Colors
7. Analogous Colors
8. Triadic and Split-Complementary Schemes
9. Warm, Cool and Relative Temperature
10. Colors Change Their Neighbors

Subtractive mixing in paint and ink, additive mixing in light, the three sets of primaries, neutrals, and print versus screen.

1. Subtractive Mixing: Paint and Ink
2. Additive Mixing: Light
3. Three Sets of Primaries: RYB, CMY and RGB
4. Mixing Neutrals: Browns and Grays
5. Print and Screen

How artists arrange the elements: balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, pattern, rhythm, unity, variety and proportion.

1. Balance
2. Contrast
3. Emphasis
4. Movement
5. Pattern
6. Rhythm
7. Unity and Variety
8. Proportion and Scale

Looking at a work step by step, the structures of composition, value patterns, color schemes in paintings, and what colors mean.

1. Looking Step by Step
2. Triangles, Diagonals and S-Curves
3. Thirds and Focal Points in Paintings
4. The Value Pattern
5. Reading Color in Paintings
6. What Colors Mean
7. Readable Color: Contrast for Text