ABSTRACT
This chapter describes color and the chief medium in which it is used: paint. Color is defined by scientific theory and described through commonly accepted terminology. The color wheel shows the relationship between these colors by arranging them in a circle in the same order as they appear when refracted through a prism: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet. The Inter-Society Color Council at the National Bureau of Standards has developed a color model based on the Munsell system of color. Paint is a combination of organic and synthetic components with a variety of behaviors, all of which scenic artists must know. There are three main elements in paint: pigment is the material in paint that constitutes its color and is a very fine powder suspended in a fluid. That fluid is the second element of paint, called the medium or vehicle of the paint. The third element of paint is the binder.
