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Color terms
Question | Answer |
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How is color perceived? | -color occurs when light in different wavelengths strike our eye -w/o light we don't see color |
What is hue? | -hue refers to the color itself -each different hue has different reflected wavelength of light -hue is color & color is hue |
What are primary colors? | -red -blue -yellow |
What are secondary colors? | -violet -green -orange |
What are tertiary colors? | -red-violet -blue-violet -blue-green -yellow-green -yellow-orange -red-orange |
What is tint? | a saturated color mixed with white |
What are shades? | a saturated color mixed with black |
What are the warm colors? | -red -orange -yellow |
What are the cool colors? | -blue -green -violet |
What are the neutral colors? | -black -grey -white -brown -tan |
What are the color harmonies? | -monochromatic -analogous -complementary -triadic -split complementary -neutral |
What is a monochromatic color harmony? | using tints and shades of only one color |
What is an analogous color harmony? | 3 or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel |
What is a complementary color harmony? | a combo of colors across from each other on the color wheel |
What is a triadic color harmony? | a combo of colors that form a triangle on the color wheel |
What is a split complementary color harmony? | using a color and the colors on either side of the first colors complement |
What is a neutral color harmony? | any combo of blacks, greys, whites, browns, & tans |