Understanding the Visual Elements - COLOUR

This video is the seventh in a series about the Visual Elements of Art and Design. Every work of Art & Design contains at least one of these seven Visual Elements (Line, Shape, Tone, Form, Texture, Colour, and Pattern), whether the artist put them there on purpose or not. Better understanding the Visual Elements and how they work together can help artists and designers create more effective works of art/design.

This video focuses on the seventh element; Colour. Our choice of colours and the way we use and combine them has a huge influence on pieces of art and design. Used correctly colour can create visual impact, draw our attention and provoke emotion. In this video, we explore the colour wheel, examples of different types of colours, how to mix colours, visual arts examples of colour and the meaning behind certain colours.

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0:00 Intro
0:54 The Colour Wheel
1:26 Primary Colours
1:56 Secondary Colours
2:34 Tertiary Colours
3:34 Colour Temperature
4:27 Colour & Emotions
5:52 Hue & Value
6:40 Tints & Shades
7:07 Saturation

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[wyndavidwilliams]

So clear - and good to see the paint actually being mixed - will certainly share with my students

[khulilemasiza]

This is by far the best teaching on these art concepts thank you

[Peter_bread]

Not gonna lie this guy needs 1K subscribers

[idkrandom]

Who was sent here by their art teacher. (Edit) me lol.