ART 215 - COLOR THEORY                                   DR. AW. HOARD

Required Texts:
    Zelanski and Fisher, COLOR.  Prentice Hall, 1998 (third edition)
  
 Itten, J.,    THE ELEMENTS OF COLOR, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1970
                        (Library Reserve)

This course consists of 10 graded color exercises and a midterm and final examination.

Concepts and Principles Covered in Color Theory

ITTEN'S 7 BASIC COLOR CONTRASTS:

    1.    CONTRAST OF HUE
    2.    LIGHT-DARK
    3.    COLD-WARM
    4.    COMPLEMENTARY
    5.    SIMULTANEOUS
    6.    SATURATION (QUALITY)
    7.    EXTENSION (QUALITY)

COLOR HARMONIES - REVIEWED:

    A.    ANALOGOUS
    B.    COMPLEMENTARY
    C.    SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY
    D.    MONOCHROMATIC
    E.    TRIAD (PRIMARY; SECONDARY; INTERMEDIATE; TERTIARY)
    F.    ADJACENT

COLOR TERMS:

    A.    HUE
    B.    VALUE
    C.    INTENSITY / CHROMA / SATURATION
    D.    SPECTRUM
    E.    LIGHT PRIMARIES VS. PIGMENT PRIMARIES