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color terms
Question | Answer |
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how do you perceive white? | when all the wave lengths are reflected back to your eye. |
how do you perceive black? | occurs when no light is reflected to your eye. |
what is hue? | refers to the color itself, each different hue is a different reflected wavelenght of light. |
what are the prmary colors? | red, blue, and yellow. |
what are secondary colors? | violet, green, and orange. |
what are the tertiary colors? | red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, red-orange. |
what is a saturated color? | tints and shades. |
what three groups make up the color wheel? | primary, secondary, and tertiary. |
what is a tint? | a saturated color that is mixed with pure white color. |
what is a shade? | a saturated color that is mixed with pure black color. |
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, green, and violet. |
what are the five neutral colors? | black, grey, white, brown, and tan. |
what are the six types of color harmonies? | monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triadic, split complementary, and nuetral. |
what is a monochromatic color harmony? | achieved by using tints and shades of any one color. |
what is an analougus color harmony? | are done by using three or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. |
what is a completmentary color harmony? | two colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel. |
what is a triadic color harmony? | three colors that are located within equel distance of each other. |
what is a split completmentary color scheme? | created by using any color and thwo colors located next to that colors complement. |
what is a neutral color scheme? | any combination of blacks, greys, whites, browns, and tans. |