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Rusch 2
color terms
Question | Answer |
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How do you percieve white? | when light hits a object thats white the light bounces back and looks white to you |
How do you percieve black? | light bounces off the color and allows it to look black. |
What is hue? | hue is another word for color. |
What are the primary colors? | red blue yellow |
What are the secondary colors? | green purple orange |
What are the tertiary colors? | red-orange blue-green yellow-orange |
What is a saturated color? | is a pure color thats not mixed with any otherr. |
What three groups make up the color wheel? | primary, secondary, tertiary |
What is a tint? | tint is a color mixed with white to make it lighter |
What is a shade? | shade is a darker color than the original |
What are three colors that are considered to be warm colors? | yellow red orange |
What are three colors that are considered to be cool colors? | purple blue green |
What are the five neutral colors? | grey white black tan brown |
What are the six types of color harmonies? | monochromatic,analougus,complementary,triadic,split complemementary, neutral |
What is a monochromatic color harmony? | uses different tints and shades of a certian color. |
What is an analougus color harmony? | uses 3 colors next to each other |
What is a complementary color harmony? | 2 opposite colors |
What is a triadic color harmony? | uses three colors equally spaced around the color wheel |
What is a split complementary scheme? | uses a color and the two colors adjacent to its complementary |
What is a neutral color scheme? | include black, white, gray, and sometimes brown and beige |