The world was red and orange, green and blue, shiny yellow, purple too. As time passed we became more sophisticated. We learned turquoise, maroon, navy, and gold. The range of color in the world is infinite. Computer graphic systems exist that can mathematically create and verify millions of colors.
Color is probably the most powerful and complex element of art available to artists.
We could easily devote an entire course to the subject of color. But with so many other things to learn, I will focus on a few basic terms and concepts here that will be useful to you as you examine works of art. If you would like to know more about color, read all of chapter 6 in your text rather than just the readings that I require, and visit the nearest library for books on the science and theory of color. Color is difficult to define. In the glossary in the back of your textbook color is defined as the character of surfaces created by the response of vision to wavelengths of reflected light.