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color terms
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How do you percieve white? | White is percieved when different lights composing with light matter on there way to are eyes. |
How do you percieve black? | Black is percieved when different lights composing with light matter on there way to are eyes. |
What is hue? | Hue is the color itself and each different hue is reflected differently throught wavelengths of light. |
What are the primary colors? | The three basic colors used too make other colors(red, blue, yellow). |
What are the secondary colors? | The three colors that are made up by the primary colors they are violet,green, and orange. |
What are the tertiary colors? | when you mix equal parts of one primary and one secondary color you achieve the tertiary colors. These colors are red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, and red-orange. |
What is a saturated color? | A tint is a saturated color mixed in with with a pure white color |
What three groups make up the color wheel? | The three colors that make up the color wheel are primary, secondary, terrtiary. |
What is a tint? | A saturated color that is mixed in with a pure white color. The more whits that you add to a saturated color, the lighter the color will become. |
What is a shade? | A shade is a saturated color that is mixed with a pure black color. The more black that you add to a saturated color the darker the color will become. |
What are three colors that are considered to be warm colors? | Three warm colors are red, orange, and yellow. |
What are three colors that are considered to be cool colors? | Three cool colors are blue, green, and violet. |
What are the five neutral colors? | five neutral colors are black, grey, white, brown, and tan. |
What are the six types of color harmonies? | Six types of color harmonies are monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triadic, split complementary,and neutral. |
What is a monochromatic color harmony? | This is achieved by using tints and shades of only one color. For example: navy blue, bright blue, and baby blue. |
What is an analougus color harmony? | Thisis done by using three or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. For example: red, red-violet, and violet. |
What is a complementary color harmony? | This is when two colors tht are directly across from each other on the color wheel. For example: blue and orange. |
What is a triadic color harmony? | This is when three colors are located within equal distances of each other. For example: orange, violet, and green. |
What is a split complementary scheme? | This is created by using any color and the two colors llocated next to that colors compliment. For example: yellow, red-violet, and blue-violet. |
What is a neutral color scheme? | This is when any combination of blacks, greys, whites, browns, and tans are used. |