Assignment

Questions:

a. Define color. Explain how color and light are related.

b. What are complementary colors? Make a list. Find one example of an artwork in your textbook that uses complementary colors. List the artist, title and date and explain how complementary colors are used.

Note: your example may NOT come from the section on color in the book. I need to see that you understand this concept (not just that you can copy down an example that is already provided). Look around for an example anywhere else beyond the Color section!

c. List some warm colors and find one example of an artwork in your textbook that uses warm colors. List the artist, title and date and explain how warm colors are used.

Note: your example may NOT come from the section on color in the book. I need to see that you understand this concept, not just that you can copy down an example that is already provided. Look around for an example anywhere else beyond the Color section! What do these colors make you think of/feel?

d. List some cool colors and find one example of an artwork in your textbook that uses cool colors. List the artist, title and date and explain how cool colors are used. Note: your example may NOT come from the section on color in the book. What do these colors make you think of/feel?

e. Define the following terms: hue, tint and saturation.

f. What are monochromatic colors? Find one example of any artwork in your textbook that uses monochromatic colors and explain how. Note: your example may NOT come from the section on color in the book. List the artist, title and date/

g. What does the book mean by "the psychology of color?" Have any artists used colors to express emotions (who and when)? Explain how colors can affect the way we feel and react. In your own life, think of a time when you made a choice about color and how that affected your mood or emotions.

h. Think of one film or show you've seen that used color very effectively. List the title of the film or show and write 2-3 sentences about how color was used to affect the viewer.