Color Terms
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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, yellow, and blue | ||||
| What are the secondary colors? | Violet, green, and orange | ||||
| 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 called saturated colors because there is no white or black in them | ||||
| What three groups make up the color wheel? | Primary, secondary, and tertiary colors | ||||
| What is a tint? | A tint is a saturated color that is mixed with pure white color | ||||
| What is a shade? | A shade is a saturated color that is mixed with pure black color | ||||
| What are the three colors considered to be warm colors? | Red, orange, and yellow | ||||
| What are the three colors considered to be cool colors? | Blue, violet, and green | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| What is a monochromatic color harmony? | Achieved by using tints and shades of only one color ex. dark green, kelly green, light green | ||||
| What is an analougus color harmony? | Done by using three or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel ex. red, red-violet, violet | ||||
| What is a complementary color harmony? | Two colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel ex. blue and orange | ||||
| What is a triadic color harmony? | Three colors that are located within equal distance of each other ex. red, blue, and yellow | ||||
| What is a split complementary scheme? | created by using any color and the two colors located next to that colors complement (Y) ex. orange, blue-green, blue-violet | ||||
| What is a neutral color scheme? | Any combination of blacks, greys, whites, browns, and tans |
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Created by:
acionci
on 2011-09-27