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Forshay 3
Color Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the primary colors? | red, blue, yellow |
| What is color? | different reflections of light |
| 3 forms of light? | incandescent, halogen, flourescent |
| What is hue? | each different hue is a different wavelength of light |
| What is the color wheel? | most important tool used when designing, shows primary colors, secondary colors, and tertiary colors |
| What are the secondary colors? | violet, green, organge |
| What are the tertiary colors? | red violet, blue violet, blue green, yellow green, yellow orange, red orange |
| What does saturated mean? | There is no black or white in any of the colors |
| Tints | A saturated color mixed with pure white color |
| Shades | A saturated color with black added to darken it |
| Warm colors | red, orange, yellow |
| Cool colors | blue, green, violet |
| Neutral colors | black, gray, white, brown, tan |
| Color harmonies | monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triad, split-complementary neutral, accented neutral |
| Monochromatic | they are achieved by using tints and shades of only one color |
| Analogous | using 3 or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel |
| Complementary | 2 colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel |
| Triad | 3 colors located equidistant on the color wheel |
| Split-complementary | using any color and the two colors located next to that colors complementary |
| Neutral | any combo of all neutral colors |
| Accented neutral | neutral scheme with one color |
| Double complementary | two opposite colors |
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