This document provides information about color schemes and effects in visual art. It defines six color scheme terms: monochrome, harmonious, complementary, subdued/minimal, realistic, and earthy. For each term, it provides the definition and examples to illustrate the concept. It then prompts the reader to identify the color scheme used in various example images. After answering these questions, it instructs the reader to create a drawing applying the six color schemes to different sections to practice distinguishing between them. The document teaches key concepts of color theory and schemes through definitions, examples, and an interactive exercise.

1. Advanced Studio Art
Bellwork
Write down the following color scheme terms
and leave space to write the definitions
and notes for them.
Effects of color:
Monochrome
Harmonious
Complementary
Subdued / Minimal
Realistic
Earthy

2. Monochrome
A drawing or painting that is predominately
in different shades of a single color or
tone.

3. Harmonious
Is achieved in a body of work by using
similar elements throughout the work.
Harmony gives an uncomplicated look to a
piece of artwork.
Harmonious colors are colors that work well
together to produce a color scheme that
looks attractive

4. Harmonious examples:
Use of vibrant colors and thick
black lines that work well
together
Can use
complementary
colors that
aren’t
necessarily
next to each
other –but in
same vicinity
Use of primarily primary colors or
secondary colors

5. Complementary
Two opposing colors on the color wheel that
allow each one to be made more
clear or dominant

6. Subdued/Minimal
Art that is reduced to the minimum number
of colors, shapes, lines and textures and
shows extreme simplicity.

7. Realistic
A type of representational art in which the
artist depicts as closely as possible what
the eye sees.

8. Earthy
Neutral colors (not included on the color
wheel) such as browns, beiges, grays,
ochres and the like that remind us of
certain earthy hues found in soil or rock.
Earth colors are made by mixing
complementary colors.

9. Earthy Examples:

10. Now it’s your turn. What color effect is this?

11. Answer:
Did you guess Harmonious?
Remember, harmonious colors are colors that
work well together. In this case, it is bright
colors. You can see complementary colors such
as blue & orange, and yellow & a form of violet
and green with a hint of red. Although not all of
these colors are right next to other, they are in
the vicinity of each other and still help bring out
the vibrant color.
Other harmonious can be all primary colors (Red,
Yellow, Blue), all Secondary colors (Violet,
Green and Orange)

12. And this one?

13. Answer:
Earthy colors are used. The flower has
tones of brown and orange which give it a
rustic look.

14. What about this one?

15. Answer:
This one is Realistic. It uses colors that are
true to the flower itself. You might have
been fooled by the background color.

16. I know you’ll get this one!

17. Answer:
Of course, it is complementary! Blue and
Orange are used to bring each others best
qualities out. Complementary colors are
colors that are directly across from one
another on the color wheel. Every color
on there, has a complement. Other main
complementary colors are violet & yellow,
red & green. What do you think the
complementary of blue-green would be?

18. I know you know this one!

19. Answer:
Look at the light colors-there is just a hint of
color and almost has a watercolor quality
to it. So, this one is subdued / minimal

20. I will be shocked if you don’t get
this one!

21. Answer:
This one uses a Monochrome scheme of
black and white.
Monochrome can also be different shades of
1 color. This flower could have easily
been shades of violet, or reds, etc.

22. Now, you get to practice
what you learned!
On white 8 x 11 white paper:
• Draw 6- 3” x 3” boxes and outline them in black.
• You will put a subject matter in each box and a simplified
background. It can be different in every box (ie. an apple,
a flower, a tree, a butterfly, etc) or it can be the same in
all 6 boxes.
• Use the whole space of your box.
• Draw an example for all 6 of the color effects using
colored pencil-Monochrome, Harmonious,
Complementary, Subdued / Minimal, Realistic,
Earthy
• outline the contours in thin black line.
• draw an example for all 6 of the color effects using
colored pencil