Discovering Color (1960)

thank you it is all around us [Music] the more we learn about color the more color we can see colors are very different from each other and they differ in three major ways first cup we have names for these hues green yellow red [Music] colors may differ in their value they may be dark or light [Music] and third colors may differ in their intensity they may be dull [Music] or bright [Music] when we shine light through a specially cut piece of glass we see the basic hues this is called a spectrum we give names to parts of the spectrum the names are hues red orange yellow green blue and violet when these basic hues are arranged in a circle we can remember them more easily three of the hues are called warm hues red orange and yellow because they may remind us of warm things and three of the hues are called cool hues green blue and violet because they may remind us of cool things three of the basic hue red yellow and blue are called primary hues from the three primary hues we can mix the remaining basic hues red and yellow give us orange yellow and blue give us green blue and red give us violet so the basic hues are divided into the primary hues red yellow and blue and the secondary hues orange green and violet we can easily find examples of our six basic hues [Music] food [Music] [Music] uh [Music] [Music] in addition to the basic hues there are many in between hues for example between orange and yellow there is yellow orange orangey yellow orange and yellowish yellow orange between violet and red there is red violet violet red violets and reddish red violet in addition to hue there is a second way in which colors may differ a hue may be lightened or darkened this is called changing its value let's take one hue red for example and see how we can change its value we add white to lighten the value of the red a little white gives us this and more white gives us a very light value of red there are many hues of light value everywhere uh now let's darken the value of our red by adding black a little black mixed with the red gives us this and more black gives us a very dark value of red there are many hues of dark value in nature and nature often changes value gradually any hue can be lightened or darkened in value by adding black or white [Music] in addition to hue and value there is a third way in which colors may differ a hue may vary between bright and dull we dull or lower the intensity of the hue by adding a little of the hue that is straight across from it opposite hues are sometimes called complementary hues so the complement of is blue let's start with bright orange now let's add some blue this softens or dulls the orange a little as we add more blue the orange becomes duller its intensity lessens a very dull orange is sometimes called brown other browns can be mixed by dulling other warm hues in nature there are many dull hues hues of low intensity there are also many bright hues hues of high intensity [Music] so colors differ in three major ways hue value and intensity a great variety of hues can be created [Music] as the primary hue yellow mixes with a secondary hue green many in-between hues are created [Music] the value of any hue can be lightened or darkened by adding white or black [Music] to dull or lower the intensity of a hue its complementary hue is added all around us there are many hues [Music] many different values [Music] and many different intensities [Music] color is everywhere [Music] the more we know about color the more color we can see [Music] create and appreciate [Music] you