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color terms
Question | Answer |
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How do you perceive white? | When all wavelengths reach the eyes. |
how do you perceive black? | When no light is reflected into the eyes. |
What is a hue? | The name of a color. |
what are the primary colors? | the 3 basic colors used to create all the other colors. |
what are the secondary colors? | the 3 colors that are achieved from equal parts of the primary colors. |
what are the tertiary colors? | when you mix equal parts of primary and secondary colors. |
what is a saturated color? | a color that has no white or black mixed in. |
what three groups make up the color wheel? | primary, secondary, and tertiary. |
what is a tint? | a saturated color mixed with white. |
what is a shade? | a saturated color mixed with black. |
what are 3 colors that are considered warm colors? | red, orange, and yellow |
what are 3 colors to be considered cool colors? | blue, green and violet. |
what are 5 neutral colors? | black, grey, white, brown and tan. |
what are 6 types of color harmonies? | monochromatic, analogous, complementary,triadic, split complementary and neutral. |
what is a monochromatic color harmony? | tints and shades of only 1 color. |
what is an analogous color harmony? | two or 3 colors next to each other on the color wheel. |
what is a complementary color harmony? | two colors directly across from each other on he color wheel |
what is a triadic color harmony? | three colors that are an equal distance from each other. |
what is a split complementary color harmony? | using any color and the 2 colors and the 2 colors located next to that colors compliment. |
what is a neutral color scheme? | any combination of blacks, whites, tans, greys and browns. |