Adamsville Art

What is a complementary color landscape? Simply put, it is a landscape using the three basic complementary color pairs. A landscape (picture/view of land) in this project must mimic reality. The trees nearest to the viewer must be the largest trees (the nearer they are to you the larger they appear-just like in reality), they are called the foreground trees. The foreground is the front of a landscape. The background trees are the smallest trees due to the far distance from the viewer. The middle ground trees are middle-sized due to the fact that placed in between the nearest and farthest trees.

How are the complementary colors determined? They are directly across from each other on the color wheel. Red is straight across from green on the color wheel. Blue is straight across from orange, and yellow is straight across from violet. Check it out on the color wheels below. Your child will need to know that on the color test! Be prepared! All fourth graders, according to state standards must know the complementary colors. They are yellow & violet, blue & orange, and red & green. Think of some football teams and their team colors to remember these complementary color pairs. The Minnesota Vikings (yellow & violet), The Denver Broncos (blue & orange), and The Santa Claus football team (red & green).