Art 100: Introduction to Art History

Lecture/ Color

• Overview

• Color Basics

• Color & Contrast

• Itten's Contrast

• Color Combinations

• Gallery
  
  
  

This lecture will take us on a tour of the science, history and application of color.

• Color terminology

• Active and passive colors and how to make colors stand out from each other.

• Johannes Itten's 7 color contrasts

• An array of color palettes chosen using a color wheel.

• A look at the evolution of color in Van Gogh's painting.

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