3. Shades of Colours
DARK COLOUR LIGHT
DARK BLUE BLUE LIGHT BLUE
DARK GREEN GREEN LIGHT GREEN
DARK YELLOW YELLOW LIGHT YELLOW
DARK PINK PINK LIGHT PINK
… … …
5. COLOURS OF THE
RAINBOW
Mnemonic: It’s a technique to
memorize some information.
Acronym: It’s an abbreviation formed
from the initial components in a
phrase or word.
Famous phrase to remember the colours of the rainbow in order:
-Richard of York gave battle in vain.
Phrase that we have invented in class:
- Raymond of York gets bananas in Venezuela.
Acronym: Roy G.
Biv
R = Red
O = Orange
Y = Yellow
G = Green
B = Blue
I = Indigo (dark blue)
V = Violet (purple)
19. IMPRESSIONISM is a genre of painting in
which the main objective is to capture the light
and the moment.
The impressionists aimed to show the visual
impression the scene made on them by means
of shimmering dots of light and colour. They
especially liked working outdoors because it is
outside that the light conditions and colours
change most noticebly depending on the time
of day and the season.
20. EXPRESSIONISM does not portray the external
appearance of objects, but the painter’s own
view. Expressionist painters changed the forms
of things and used intensive colours.
21. SURREALISM Is interested in what goes
beyond reality. Familiar things are presented
in way never seen before and are linked to
surprising and mysterious paintings in a
dreamlike manner.
22. REALISM represents subject matter truthfully,
without artificiality and avoiding artistic
conventions, implausible, exotic and
supernatural elements. It consists of imitating
reality just the way it is.
23. HYPERREALISM is a genre of painting and
sculpture resembling a high-resolution
photograph.
