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Color Terms
Question | Answer |
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How do you percieve white? | -White lights occur when all the wavelengths are reflected back to your eye. -White likes broken in a prism has seven hues: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet |
How do you percieve black? | -Black light occurs when no light is reflected to your eye. |
What is hue? | -Hue refers to color itself. -Different hue is a different reflected wavelength of light. |
What are the primary colors? | -The basic colors are used to create all the other colors are known as the primary colors. -You cannot achieve these colors by mixing any other colors together. -These colors include: Red, Blue, and Yellow |
What are the secondary colors? | -The three colors that are achieved from equal parts of two primary colors make up what we call the secondary colors. -These colors include: Violet, Green, and Orange |
What are the tertiary colors? | -When you mix equal parts of one primary color, and one secondary color you achieve the tertiary colors. -These colors include: Red-Violet, Blue-Violet, Blue-Green, Yellow-Green, Yellow-Orange, and Red-Orange. |
What is a saturated color? | -Al of these element; primary, secondary, and tertiary make up what we call the color wheel. -The colors of the color wheel are called saturated colors because there is no black or white in them. |
What three groups make up the color wheel? | Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary. |
What is a tint? | -A tint is a saturated color that is mixed with pure white color. *The more white 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 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? | 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 -Also Accented Neutral |
What is a monochromatic color harmony? | -They are achieved by using tints and shades of only one color. Examples: *Navy Blue, Baby Blue, and Bright Blue *Cranberry, Brick Red, and Red *Dark Green, Kelly Green, Light Green |
What is an analougus color harmony? | -Are done by using three or more colors that are directly new to each other on the color wheel. Examples: *Red, Red-Violet, Violet *Blue, Blue-Green, Green *Yellow, Yellow-Orange, Orange, Red-Orange |
What is a complementary color harmony? | -Two colors that are directly across from each other on the door wheel. Example: *Yellow/Violet *Green/Red *Blue/Orange |
What is a triadic color harmony? | -Three colors that are located within equal distance of each other on the color wheel. Examples: *Red, Blue, Yellow *Orange, Violet, Green |
What is a split complementary scheme? | -This is created by using any color and the two colors located next to that colors complement. Examples: *Yellow, Red-Violet, Blue-Violet *Orange, Blue-Green , Blue-Violet *Red, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green |
What is a neutral color scheme? | Any combo of Blacks, Greys, Whites, Browns, and Tans. |