Principles of Color: Wk 7:
Complements and Split
Complements
Written: Sep 13 2005, by Donna Young
During week six my daughter painted comparison boxes to compare what happens
to a color when it is next to its complement and when the color is next to its
split complement.
Example: Compare how bright blue is when next to orange
as opposed to how bright blue is when it is next to yellow-orange.
This
week she is looking at art and reading about artists who used color effects or
lighting effects in their work. The purpose of this blog entry is to give you an
idea of what to do to complement the comparison painting that is done during
Week Six.
Below are two examples of how combining certain colors can give
an effect to a painting.
Works below by Vincent Van Gogh
The first
work was inspired by Jean-Franois Millet's engraving of peasants.
Noon:
Rest From Work
1889-90
Muse d'Orsay, Paris
Primarily painted
with blues and oranges, this is the complementary example.
Irises
1890
This is the split complementary example since
it is painted with blues and yellow-oranges.
