CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ART (CCA - FINE ART) JSS2 FIRST TERM

WEEK 1

THE STUDY OF COLOURS

Performance Objectives

Students should be able to:

1. Define colour.
2. List and explain any two types of colours.

Contents

MEANING OF COLOUR

Colour is viewed in various forms. Colour is the effect produced when light strikes an object and

is reflected back to the eyes. To the artists, they see colour as the pigment or hue. Scientists see colour as the decomposition of white light reflected through a spectrum. Objects around us have various hues which are actually their local colour.

CLASSIFICATION OF COLOURS

1. PRIMARY COLOURS: Primary colours are the basic colours that cannot be obtained by mixing any other colours.... View More