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Rassmann 2
Color terms
Question | Answer |
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How do you perceive white? | You perceive white when all light is reflected back to you eye |
How do you perceive black? | You perceive black when no light is reflected back to you eye |
What is hue? | Hue is a reflection of wavelengths of light. Different hues are different wavelengths of light |
What are the primary colors? | Red, Blue, and Yellow |
What are the secondary colors? | Orange, Violet, and green |
What are the tertiary colors? | Red- violet, Red- orange, Blue green, Blue Violet, yellow- green, and yellow-orange |
What is a saturated color? | Colors with no white or black in them |
What three groups make up the color wheel? | Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary |
What is a tint? | A saturated color mixed with pure white |
What is a shade? | A saturated color mixed with pure black |
What are three colors that are considered to be warm colors? | Red, Orange, and yellow |
What are three colors that are considered to be cool colors? | Blue, violet, and green |
What are the five neutral colors? | Black, white, brown, tan, and grey |
What are the six types of color harmonies? | Monochromatic, Analogous, Complementary, Triadic, Split Complementary, and Neutral |
What is a monochromatic color harmony? | Different tints and shades of one color |
What is an analogous color harmony? | 3 or more colors are used that are next to each other on the color wheel |
What is a complementary color harmony? | Colors opposite each other on the color wheel |
What is a triadic color harmony? | 3 colors that are located with in equal distance from each other |
What is a split complementary scheme? | Using any color and the the 2 colors next to that colors complement |
What is a neutral color scheme? | A room using browns, tans, blacks, whites, and greys |