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Color Terms
Question | Answer |
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How do you percieve white? | all the wavelengths are reflected back into your eyes |
How do you percieve black? | no light is reflected to your eyes |
What is hue? | hue refers to the color itself, each different hue is a different reflected 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? | true color |
What three groups make up the color wheel? | primary, secondary, tertiary |
What is a tint? | a saturated color that is mixed with pure white |
What is a shade? | a saturated color that is mixed with pure black |
What are three colors that are considered to be warm colors? | red, orange, yellow |
What are three colors that are considered to be cool colors? | blue, green, violet |
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? | using tints and shades of only one color |
What is an analougus color harmony? | 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 with in equal distance of each other |
What is a split complementary scheme? | using any color and the two colors located next to that colors complement |
What is a neutral color scheme? | any combination of blacks, grays, whites, browns and tans |