The main expression methods of color in classical oil painting

Oil painting is the art of color, and color is the main means of oil painting. The expressive force of oil painting with rich colors and the emotional power it produces make the audience visually satisfied and move people's hearts. Therefore, color is one of the important artistic languages for painters to communicate with viewers, and the study of oil painting color is the most important part of oil painting art.

The beauty of color in oil painting can impress people, not only because it is pleasing to the eye, but also because it can form a certain emotional appeal and touch people's feelings. Hue, lightness and purity are the elements of color, which are presented at the same time in a painting. However, from the perspective of color, hue is the dominant factor, and the tendency of warmth and coldness of hue and its subtle change relationship can form various color artistic conception, which can cause the corresponding emotional induction of the viewer, especially when the overall hue is consistent with the image content, the appeal is stronger. Therefore, the warmth and coldness of colors in oil paintings can best reflect the charm of colors.

The color of oil painting is reflected in the subtle change of color temperature. Use the concepts of cool color and warm color to compare colors and distinguish whether one color is cold or warm compared with another. So why not explicitly say yellow, red and blue, but use ambiguous warmth and coldness to distinguish colors? Because the difference between cold and warm colors is too simple and rough, it is difficult to measure the differences in many details with hue.