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Color - G. Colacci
Color Terms
Question | Answer |
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How do you percieve white? | White light occurs when all the wavelengths are reflected back to your eye. |
How do you percieve black? | Black light occurs when no light is reflected to your eye. |
What is hue? | the color itself. |
What are the primary colors? | The three basic colors that are used to create all of the other colors (red, blue, yellow) |
What are the secondary colors? | The three colors that are achieved from equal parts of two primary colors (violet, green, orange) |
What are the tertiary colors? | When you mix equal parts of one primary and one secondary color (Red-violet,Blue-violet,Blue-green,Yellow-green,Yellow-orang,Red-orange) |
What is a saturated color? | colors with no white or black in them (all colors on the color wheel) |
What three groups make up the color wheel? | primary, tertiary, and secondary. |
What is a tint? | A tint is a saturated color that is mixed with pure white color. |
What is a shade? | A shade is 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,Neutral. |
What is a monochromatic color harmony? | They are made by using tints and shades of only one color |
What is an analougus color harmony? | they are made by using three or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel |
What is a complementary 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 equal distance of each other. |
What is a split complementary scheme? | they are created by using any color and the two colors located next to that colors complement. |
What is a neutral color scheme? | Any combination of Blacks, Greys, Whites, Browns, and Tans, |