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Color Theory, "An Overview"
•The link – drawpaintacademy.com/a-comprehensive-guide-to-color-theory-for-artists/
•Date – 1/21/21
•Duration – 9 pages
•Format – document
•Description – Very good overview of color theory by Dan Scott of Draw Paint Academy
Color Theory, "The Elements of Color"
•The link – www.slideshare.net/mobile/RodriguezArt/element-of-art-color
•Date – 1/21/21
•Duration – 12 slides
•Format – Slide Show
•Description – Overview of colors basic elements.
Color Theory, "Monochromatic Color Schemes"
•The link – slideplayer.com/slide/8889159/
•Date – 1/21/21
•Duration – 2 minutes
•Format – Video
•Description – Explore monochromatic (1 color) color schemes and begin to understand the concept of value and its importance to color.  Geared toward watercolor but good conceptually overall.
Color Theory, "Using a Color Wheel to Achieve Color Harmonies and How Colors Work Together"
•The link – www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeI6Wqn4I78
•Date – 1/21/21
•Duration – 7 minutes
•Format – Video
•Description – Understanding Primary, secondary, tertiary colors. Hue, saturation, tint, value, tone, temperature (warm and cool colors).  Color harmonies that are pleasing and make art pop.
Color Theory, An Overview
•The link – color_theory.ppt
•Date – 1/21/21
•Duration – 10 minutes
•Format – Slide Show, Powerpoint
•Description – A self paced slide show that goes through the basic principles of color theory
Color Theory, Downloadable Cheat Sheet
•The link – imgur.com/sjtfK0H
•Date – 1/21/21
•Duration – 2 Pages
•Format – document
•Description – A downloadable file that shows primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.  Also grey scale and color harmonies.
Color Theory, "Interactive  Tool Evaluating Dominant Colors"
•The link – artsandculture.google.com/color?col=BLUE
•Date – 1/21/21
•Duration – As long as you use it.
•Format – Interactive Tool
•Description – By choosing a color at the top an array of paintings based on that color appear helping the viewer to understand dominant colors and the use of color in painting.  By clicking on the painting itself details about the masterpiece will be presented along with a larger image.
Color Theory, "How to See in Value"
•The link – www.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=zG7qa9daAbw&app=desktop
•Date – 1/21/21
•Duration – 8 minutes
•Format – Video
•Description – The very important concept of value and how to see in value.  This concept is important to artists who want to adjust color for realistic effects and appearance.
Being able to see the world as shapes of value, especially colored shapes and objects, is a master skill to cultivate as a visual artist. It's important to the artist because in order to compose and arrange shapes in our pictures, we must first see and understand their inherent grayscale value.