| Question |
Answer |
| Primary Colors |
Colors from which all other colors are made: red, blue and yellow |
| Secondary Colors |
Colors that are created from equal amounts of a pair of primary colors: green, orange and violet |
| Tertiary Coors |
Colors made from equal amounts of a pair of primary and secondary colors: red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, red-orange |
| Analogous Colors |
Three consecutive colors on the color wheel |
| Complementary Colors |
The colors opposite on the the color wheel: red & green, blue & orange, yellow & violet |
| Tint |
A color plus white |
| Shade |
A color plus black |
| Monochromatic |
One color |
| Neutral |
Created by mixing equal amounts of two complementary colors (usually a gray-brown) |
| Hue |
Another word for color |
| Value |
The lightness or darkness of a hue |
| Light Temperature |
A measure of the distribution of power in the spectrum of white, or colorless, light, stated in terms of the Kelvin temperature scale. |
| Kelvin |
The unit of measure used to describe the temperature of light |
| Opaque |
Does ot allow light to pass through easily in fact it reflects almost all light |
| Translucent |
Allows some light to pass through and reflects some light back.It diffuses light. |
| Reflection |
Light bouncing off of objects. |
| Diffusion |
Some light bounces off (reflects), some light goes through. |
| Refraction |
Bending light waves |
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