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CMC Art Test
10-3-11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prism | Transparent body bounded in part by two nonparallel plane faces, used to refract or disperse a beam of light. |
| Refraction | Deflection from straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (as air) into another (as glass) in which its velocity is different. |
| Hue | Name of colour. |
| Value | Relative lightness or darkness. |
| Intensity | Relative purity; adding black, white. |
| Intensity A.K.A. | Chroma, saturation. |
| Additive | Mixing light. |
| Subtractive | Pigments/mixing paint. |
| Primaries | Red, blue, yellow. |
| Secondaries | Orange, green, violet. |
| Printer Primaries | Magenta, cyan, yellow. |
| Tertiary Definition | Primary with one secondary. |
| Tertiary Examples | Violet-red, aquamarine, vermilion, chartreuse, indigo, amber. |
| Colour School Theories | 1. Only 6,000,000 colours. 2. Infinite number of colours. |
| Complementary Definition | Opposite each other on the colour wheel. |
| Complimentary Examples | Violet/Yellow Orange/Blue Green/Red |
| Vital Info About Complementary!! | These colours visually enhance one another when they are juxtaposed. |
| Palette Mud | Failed mixture of all primaries. |
| Harmonious Colours | From one primary color to the next on the colour wheel; 5 colors. No visual discord. |
| Analogous Colours | Any colour next to each other on the colour wheel. Usually 3. |
| Monochromatic Colours | Variations of same colour; tints and shades. |
| Warm Colours | Red, yellow, orange. |
| Cool Colours | Blue, green, violet. |
| Important Info About Warm and Cool Colours!! | Warm colours appear to advance to the viewer, while cool recede toward the background. |
| Tints | Adding white. |
| Shades | Adding black. |
| Restricted Palette | Colour scheme used. |
| Open Palette | ANY colour! |
Created by:
Autumn Elyse Engstrom
on 2011-10-03