ART 2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Fauvism, Primary Color, Secondary Color
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P a t c h e t t | 1. Value the relative lightness or darkness of an area. To create the illusion of space: alternate value and color to create rhythm, use variations in color or brightness, scale, placement, overlapping. Types of perspectives: isometric (chinese scrolls use this, linear, aerial, atmospheric, perception (one, two, three, and multiple point perspective) P a t c h e t t | 2. Color: color is light of a certain wavelength reflected off the surface of an object. The wavelengths that humans can see is known as the visible spectrum. The visible spectrum is the rainbow we see when light passes through a prism. These are actually colors of light, and are known as refracted colors because essentially, they are bent. Subtractive color system: pigments: the color system of pigments is a subtractive system and involves the color wheel.
