Jeff Prentice Artwork and Teaching

Color Resources

An analysis of a painting by Jacques Laurent Agasse

colorwheel This is a really good interactive reference for color theory classes
(and design)

caponigro_color_theory.pdf (PDF Download) An excellent easy read on general color theory - a link to nore of his writing is on the apple website at colortemperature.html

Notes on Color Relationships

THE TRADITIONAL COLOR WHEELUse this, not the CMYK or RGB color wheels. You need to include a small version of this the color wheel off to the side of your composition, with arrows showing what colors you used. Otherwise it is very difficult to analyze and grade efficiently.

Joseph Smith* here is an example of a series of designs done by student Joseph Smith with the color wheel off to the side. You can see that it is very easy to understand the color usage.

Here is another with a wheel next to each design (all you need to do is drag the wheel I gave you the link to onto the canvas and resize)
It also has arrows showing the colors. Arrows are created using the line tool, and selecting arrowheads at end in the modifier. Note on this design how the analogous colors are incorrect - analogous colors are close to one another on the wheel - but they should be in the same family - here we see a mix of cools and warms. Also - in the split complements he strayed too far over into yellow- split complements are only one step away from the complement. If you go another step you are in a triadic color scheme.

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An example of the same design with different color schemes from artist Stan Gregory

Stan Gregory

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Color Resources

Notes on Color Relationships

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Color Progressions

Color Relationships

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