To change the value of a colour you follow the Colour Mixing Rules. Yellow would be near the top (light end) of the scale while purple would be found near the bottom end. Each colour falls on the value scale from light to dark. Value is how light or dark the colour is, as discussed in Element 5 above. The chroma of a colour is not the same as its value.Ĭolours also have value. Too much saturated colour can give a garish result. In painting only small amounts of saturated colours are usually used as accents. The more pure the colour is (less of other colours mixed in), the more intense or saturated it is. (Hue the name we give a colour.)Ī colour has intensity called chroma, also known as saturation, brightness or purity. There are several other and each works well in different situations.Ĭolour is described by its hue – red, green etc. Another popular scheme uses Cyan, Magenta and Yellow as the primaries.
#CONTOUR LINES IN ART MEANING WINDOWS#
Implied lines Implied lines are lines that we see in our mind’s eye that fill in the spaces between objects, such as a line of lights in the ceiling and the rows of windows in a large office building. The meaning of CONTOUR is an outline especially of a curving or irregular figure : shape also : the line representing this outline. Text artists book The Map is not the territory (Montedellarte) Drawing a contour line in the landscape while walking2018, Els Vermeersch, Compagnon dArt. The most common is the Red, Yellow, Blue model. Contour lines define both the edges of the object and the negative space between them, such as the space between the rungs of a ladder. There are various colour schemes which define the primaries. Colour theory is based on the colour wheel, colour value and on which colours work well together - also called colour schemes. The lines can run at any appropriate angle (sometimes at multiple angles) and may continue across objects and into. It’s only a theory and can’t be proven but it is nevertheless useful to the artist. Contour lines are lines drawn on a map connecting points of equal elevation, meaning if you physically followed a contour line, elevation would remain constant. Definition: A cross contour drawing contains parallel lines that run across the surface of an object (or radiate from a central point), such as those that appear on a topographical map or a digital wireframe. The colour wheel shows primary colours, (colours that can’t be mixed), secondary colours (made by mixing two primaries) and tertiary colours (made by mixing a primary and secondary colour).Ĭolour theory helps the artist to mix desired colours from primary colours.
The colour wheel was developed by Isaac Newton who took the colour spectrum and bent it into a circle. In art, colours are arranged on a colour wheel. Put simply, a contour line drawing is an 'outline drawing,' that uses no shading. The contour describes the outermost edges of a form, as well as dramatic changes of plane within the form. Contour drawing is the place where most beginners start, following the visible edges of a shape. Dividing Space - Line can be used to define the edge of space as well as the edge of an object. Colour is created when light is reflected into the viewer’s eye. A contour is the line which defines a form or edge - an outline.
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