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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? | Hue refers to the color itself. |
what are the primary colors? | Red,blue and yellow |
what are the secondary colors? | orange,violet and green |
what are the tertiary colors? | Red-violet Blue-violet Blue-green Yellow-green Yellow-orange Red-orange |
what is a saturated color? | colors used in the color wheel are saturated colors because there is no white or black in them. |
what three groups make up the color wheel? | primary,secondary and tertiary |
what is a tint? | a saturated color that is mixed with pure white color. |
what is a shade? | is a saturated color that is mixed with pure black color. |
what are the three colors that are considered to be warm colors? | Red,orange and yellow |
what are the three colors that are considered cool colors? | blue,violet and green |
what are the five neutral colors? | black,grey,white,brown,tan |
What are the six types of color harmonies? | Monochromatic Analogous Complementary Triadic Split Complementary Neutral |
What is a monochromatic color harmony? | achieved by using tints and shades of only one color |
What is an analougus color harmony? | done 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? | This is 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, & Tans |