1. WARM AND COLD
COLORS

2. Every color has a certain tendency towards what's
called warm and cool or cold.

4. WARM COLORS
Red, yellow and orange are traditionally
associated with warm or hot things, like
the shining sun, a glowing sunset or a
roaring fire.
These colors tend to advance towards the
viewer.

7. COLD COLORS
You can see these kinds of colors in
objects that are naturally cold: green
trees, blue water and sky, violet clouds
on a snowy day.
Cold colors tend to recede into the
background, to create a calm, quiet and
moody effect.

9. Pablo Picasso appreciated the power
of blue.
During his well-known Blue Period
(1901-1904), he produced
expressive paintings
in a variety of blues.

11. EXERCISE 1
You are going
to draw pictures
that make you feel
warm and cold.
Materials: markers,
colored pencils,
one drawing
paper.

12. If you are going to
use red, yellow and
orange (warm
colors) you must
draw something
that is warm, or
that makes you feel
warm.
The same with
greens, blues, and
purples (cold
colors).
warm
drawing
cold
drawing

13. EXERCISE 2
Van Gogh, THE STARRY NIGHT

14. Van Gogh used vivid cold colors and
swirling, moving and curving lines in this
painting.
How would this landscape look during the
day? Show it in your own picture using
warm colors.