COLOR

• What are the five components of color?

• How does glazing make an area of my painting visually go back in space?

• What is the value of a color?

• How do I change the value of a color?

• Does adding grey to de-saturate a color, change its value?

• How do you use the trim guide so the paint doesn't bleed under it?

• I have trouble “seeing” the values as soon as we add color. Can discerning values be learned?

• How do you lessen the saturation of a color?

• What is saturation?

• Can I have rich color AND strong values and design in my painting?

• Does a more saturated color have a higher number on the value scale?

• If colors are close in value, does that emphasize color over value?

• What is a shade?

• What is a tint?

• How can I emphasize the differences of saturation or temperature?

• What is a tone?

• What are complements?

• Can I use white as a glaze?

• Why does glazing harmonize color?

• What is the difference between a transparent glaze, and an opaque one?

• After glazing, what could I use in place of steel wool that leaves color in the nooks and crannies?

• Can you clarify how differences and harmony work together in the same painting?

• What is the temperature of color?

• What is opaque color?

• Is it okay to glaze with a warm color over a painting of mostly cool colors?

• Which color component is the strongest - value, saturation, or temperature?

• When we mix complements, what color do we get?

• When mixing colors, is there a specific amount of each we should mix?

• What are primary, secondary and tertiary colors?

• Are the purest, most saturated colors (red, red-orange, yellow-green, blue-violet) the ones shown on the color wheel?

• What are rich colors?

• How do you make rich color?

• What is the difference between ivory, mars and carbon black?

• How do you use the value scale to see the value of color?

• Which would be the best all purpose black?

• In the beginning of making our art, should we just play and paint without thinking too much about the five color components?

• How do I create color harmony in a painting?

• How do you make cadmium red cool, without changing its value or saturation?

• What is harmony?

• Does it matter if I like the color, if it works overall in my art?

• Is there any difference between glazing on canvas and glazing on wood?

• Can I make art that accentuates color and/or value contrast?

• Can we use both Value and Color Principles in the same painting?

• If we decrease value contrast, color becomes more noticeable. Is this a good thing?

• What is a transparent glaze?

• What is an opaque glaze?

• How does glazing change color from opaque to transparent?

• What is transparent color?

• If you only glaze part of a painting, will harmony be disrupted?

• How do we move the eye with color instead of value?

• Should I put a coat of clear gloss medium on before the glaze?

• How does color affect the loud conversation?