Презентация по теме: Colours of the Rainbow

Colours of the Rainbow

Green with envy or feeling blue

These are emotions that can affect you

Golden sunlight on a sandy beach

This dream scene may be far out of our reach

Crystal clear raindrops make us wetter and wetter

Rose tinted spectacles make everything seem better

Sultry brown eyes and ruby red lips

Bluebells in the woods and hawthorn hips

The colourful sight that really makes my day

Is seeing a glorious rainbow over Douglas Bay

We all know one truth-

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It helps us to draw a rainbow.

In our art classes, we learned that

red, orange, yellow, green, blue, cyan,

and purple are not just the colors

of the rainbow,

but the seven primary colors

of the sunlight spectrum.

This magnificent seven was discovered

by the English scientist Isaac Newton .

In 1676, Isaac Newton conducted an experiment to split a light beam using a prism. As a result, it received 7 clearly distinguishable colors of the spectrum

It turns out that Newton called

the rainbow seven-colored.

The great scientist was interested in mysticism

and determined the number of colors

of the rainbow for the magic number 7.

At first, he counted five colors,

but later, when he discovered another color,

orange, he considered it a theological obsession:

the number 6 for him was diabolical.

And, in an effort to create a correspondence

between the number of colors

in the spectrum and the number of basic tones

of the musical scale, Newton added another one

to the six listed colors of the spectrum – Indigo.

The number seven suited him: an ancient

and mystical number — with seven days of the week

and seven deadly sins.

So Newton became the father of the seven-colored rainbow.

The division of the spectrum into seven colors has taken root, and in English. The next memory card appeared-Richard of York Gave Battle In Vain (In — for blue indigo). And over time, Indigo was forgotten, and there were six colors.

There are multiple varieties

of such atmospheric phenomena

as rainbows.

Unusual and colorful in nature,

having the shape of an arc,

everyone likes it.

Children and adults love

to look at the rainbow bridge.

Such incredible beauty is formed

by the rays of the sun in the sky

reflected from the smallest drops of water after rain.

The rainbow is an impressive celestial phenomenon,

its appearance together with the first spring rains

is a sign of the rebirth of nature, the arrival of summer,

the gracious Union of earth and sky.

And people have long observed

this natural phenomenon,

but since they were still poorly educated and ignorant,

they interpreted this phenomenon in different ways.

The rainbow had many different and very contradictory interpretations and names. The rainbow got its first name because of its appearance.

The Slavs called the rainbow arc, Veselka, God's bow, belt or God's belt. Names were also given according to the time of its appearance. People believed that the rainbow foreshadows the end of rain and clear weather, so they gave it these names: "Yasna", "yasnitsa".

There are paintings that are dominated

by one or another color scheme,

or one color has the advantage.

The harmonious combination

and combination of certain

or different colors in the picture

helps the artist to convey

the mood of the picture.

The Meaning of Colour in Art

Primary colors are those

that cannot be obtained from mixing:

• Red

• Blue

• Yellow

Composite components

are obtained from mixing the main ones:

• Orange

• Green

• Purple

All visual sensations of color

are divided into achromatic colors-black, white, and all gray (without impurities); chromatic colors – all colors except black, white, and gray.

Perfect knowledge of color theory

is very important for an artist.

Philip Straub will tell about

the simple principles of color.

When used correctly, colors

can convey the mood

and evoke the viewer's emotional attitude.

The correct use of colors is one

of the most important conditions

for a successful drawing.

Knowledge about the use of color

is not inherited, it is learned.

There are rules that must be followed,

and some that can be ignored, but every artist

who wants to achieve success in his business

must start with the Foundation, i.e. with the theory of color.

The Theory of Colour. Colour in Art

Before you deepen into color theory,

you need to understand its basic principles.

Let's turn to the so-called

three properties of color.

These properties represent

the General language of color theory

and should always

be in the mind of the artist.

Hue – the name of a particular color

(for example, red, blue, yellow).

- Saturation is the paleness

or darkening of a hue (color).

• Intensity determines the brightness
• or dullness of the hue (color).
• Pure shades are high – intensity.
• Dull shades-respectively, have a low intensity.

These three color properties will depend on many things,

but mostly on the light in your picture.

Colour Wheel

A colour circle based on red, yellow,

and blue is a traditional form of

colour scheme in the field of art.

The first colour chart was created

by Sir Isaac Newton, in 1666.

Since then, scientists and artists have studied

and proposed their own versions of this principle.

There is still a lot of debate about which system is better and more reliable.

In reality, any colour circle that has a logical system

of pure shades has a place to be.

Color balance

You can't draw using just one

or even all of the base colors.

You need to achieve a balance

in your color composition.

Add a few colors of the third group, or a little gray,

so that the picture is not so unnaturally bright.

If you don't keep this in mind,

even though you have a good composition and design,

you won't be able to catch the viewer's eye.

In nature, for example, you will never find pure basic

or secondary colors in abundance; on the contrary,

all colors are balanced, and this creates our reality.

The artist's job is to know when

and how to change this reality

or emphasize it to make it more beautiful,

more dramatic, or more frightening, depending on the author's goal.

Complementary colours

Additional colours are colors that stand

opposite each other on the colour wheel.

This is best seen in the example where a cold colour

is set against a warm colour; for example, red and green-blue.

When working with such a scheme, you need to choose

one dominant colour, and then-an additional colour for accents.

One of the most traditional methods of applying this colour scheme

is to use one colour as the background,

and its additional colour to highlight the main elements of the picture.

With this technique, you will get the dominance of a single colour

along with bright colour contrasts.

The difficulty here is this: despite the fact

that this approach gives a high-contrast

and spectacular image,

it is much more difficult to work with such a scheme

than with related or monochrome colour schemes.

Just make sure to balance the colorus used correctly.

Focus Point

Typically, bright colours are used

around the focus point

or main subject. Does everyone know

what a focus point is?

And do you really know how to apply it?

This is one of the most powerful effects

used by artists to draw the viewer's gaze

to the main area in the drawing.

It is extremely important that the picture

also has a quiet zone, a hero who strives

for the center of attention.

Of course, the picture may have several characters, objects,

or focus points, but the more such details you add,

the more difficult the picture will be to perceive.

Most successful paintings have one focus point

and several other quiet places to balance.

The colour is an inseparable part

of our everyday lives

and its presence is evident in everything

that we perceive.

It is widely recognized that colours have also

a strong impact on our emotions and feelings.

The colours are found to trigger certain

psychological, physical, biological

and metabolic reactions within humans.

The colour is the fundamental building block

of visual symbols and serves

as a communication method for humans.

The Cultural Meaning of Colour

Since ancient times, the culture of all peoples

began to develop a certain range of favorite colors.

National colors are historically understandable

and traditional, they correspond to the character

and temperament of the people, the surrounding nature:

red-yellow-black colours of the Spaniards

and calm blue-white colours of the Finns.

The closer to the equator, the more people are drawn

to open bright colour combinations.

From the surrounding nature, the temperament of the people,

customs and traditions, aesthetic norms

and religious beliefs depended on the spread

of a particular colour in costume and household items, in works of art.

Colour systems appear in the culture of different peoples along

with the first cosmogonic symbols, with the first magical rites and rituals.

Studies of ancient cultures (stone age) have shown

that even then people attached special importance

to the three colours: red, white, and black.

These paints were usually used for cave paintings.

Sometimes yellow and brown were also used,

but, according to the English ethnographer,

sociologist and folklorist W. W. Turner, " the colour triad

white-red – black, everywhere has an outstanding value».

White paints were also widely used in cave and rock art

of the stone age. All three colours of the primary triad,

of course, had a symbolic and magical meaning.

Perhaps that is why these three colours

still have the most contradictory meanings in different religions and cultures.

The colours are closely related to sunlight,

and sometimes they exhibit a variety of shades

as the earth moves around the sun in a day.

For instance, alternatively strong

and weak sunlight

may create many different colors.

Under sunlight, human eyes can identify

various colours; without sunlight,

only darkness is perceived.

From the physical point of view, there are

no “real” colours which exist in nature.

People living in different cultures can appreciate

different things and think in different ways,

which also affects emotions

and how people perceive colours.

Culture affects our daily lives, as it is reflected

in our decision-making, behaviour, and communication.

Culture impacts the way we act, think, feel, speak

and believe.

Culture as the collective programming

of the mind that distinguishes a member

of the team from the members of the other team.

The symbolism of colour

in different cultures

tends to have

the common identification

of colour names

through cultural exchange.

The way different cultures see

and describe the meaning

of colour varies dramatically

around the world.

Symbolic Meaning of Colour

in Culture

The uses and meanings of colour have never

been totally consistent

across cultural boundaries.

Colours can carry different symbolic meanings; 

yellow , in northern Europe,

connotes “deceit” and “cowardice,”

in the Buddhist tradition, yellow

stands for “humility” and “renunciation”;

but in the Mayan civilization of Central America,

it was associated with the West.

The underlying reason for these differences is that the symbols

used to portray archetypal energies are subject

to the creative limitations of the human mind.

At the cultural level, this process of differentiation

receives further stimuli from the natural environment.

Usually, the cultural elite dominates the colour names over time.

In Western cultures, the  white  has long been a symbol of purity

Proverbs and Sayings about Colours

If you are hunting for a red deer then ignore the hares. ~ Chinese Proverb Red  sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. ~ Traditional Proverb

You can't eat yellow snow ( Chukotka folk proverb ) Yellow dog-Jackal's brother (Persian proverb)

Times are not always the same; the grass is not always green. ~ Mongolian proverb

Yellow gold is plentiful compared to white-haired friends. ~ Chinese Proverbs

There is no  blue  without  yellow  and without orange. ~ Vincent Van Gogh

Lilac blooms-tench bites. (proverb)