Analogous Value Charts

High School - Elements of Art: VALUE & COLOR

This is our third and last value scale - more of a chart, really - and the last step before getting into our main color project (see Monochromatic for the first).

These chart have two purposes:
1. the continuation of our learning to mix colors for a specific desired result;
2. acting a visual reference point for the up-coming painting.

Analogous means colors that follow each other on the color wheel, typically 3 colors, though in this case we created more than three.

Students choose 2 of the 3 primary colors (red, blue, yellow) in addition to black and white paint. I picked two charts for each color pairs to display here, as they are a bit repetitive otherwise.

1st row: Primary colors (on each corner) with mixed variations in between
2nd row: Tint - colors mixed with white
3rd row: Tone - colors mixed with gray
4th row: Shade - colors mixed with black

Material:

• 8x11 in. paper
• Tempera paint

This is a 3 part Unit:

1. Monochromatic scale
2. Analogous Chart
3. Vincent van Gogh's Bedroom