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Color Terms
Question | Answer |
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How do you percieve white? | Reflects light back into eyes |
How do you percieve black? | Light is absorbed |
What is hue? | Hue refers to the color itself. Each different hue is a different wavelength of light |
What are the primary colors? | red, blue, yellow |
What are the secondary colors? | violet, green, orange |
What are the tertiary colors? | red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, red-orange |
What is a saturated color? | colors that have no black or white 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 a pure white color |
What is a shade? | A saturated color that is mixed with a 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, & nuetral. |
What is a monochromatic color harmony? | achieved by only 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 equal distance of each other |
What is a split complementary scheme? | created by using any color and the two colors located next to that color's compliment |
What is a neutral color scheme? | any combination of whites, blacks, greys, browns, and tans |