Thursday, January 30th, 2014

Objective:

Use web resources to identify and explain the concepts of Color Theory and Color Harmonies.

I can use the Internet as a resource to discover the meanings of color theory vocabulary terms.

Topics Discussed:

• Color Theory
• Color Harmonies
• Color Wheel
• Primary Colors
• Secondary Colors
• Tertiary Colors
• Triad
• Complementary
• Split Complementary
• Analogous
• Monochromatic
• Shade
• Tint
• Swatches Panel

Instructions:

Use the websites below to read about and define the following Color Theory terms:

https://www.sensationalcolor.com/category/understanding-color/color-theory
https://www.sensationalcolor.com/understanding-color/color-theory/know-color-wheel-806#.Uup6bPZgMQU
https://www.sensationalcolor.com/understanding-color-theory/color-theory/color-harmony.html
https://www.sensationalcolor.com/understanding-color/color-theory/color-temperature-warm-cool-relative-815#.Uup7XvZgMQU

After you have visited the websites, go to your third artboard and using a headline and a subhead (large font, then smaller font), write the following vocabulary words along with their definitions:

1. Color Harmony
2. Hue
3. Primary Colors (Hues)
4. Secondary Colors (Hues)
5. Tertiary Colors (Hues)
6. Warm Colors
7. Cool Colors
8. Triad
9. Primary Triad
10. Secondary Triad
11. Tetrad
12. Complementary
13. Split Complementary
14. Analogous
15. Monochromatic
16. Tint
17. Tone
18. Shade

When you have found and written all your definitions, save your document. We will continue to work with this document tomorrow.