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unit 2 Comm of Color
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Term | Definition |
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Analogous colors | Colors located adjacent to each on th color wheel |
CMYK (cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black) | the four ink colors used to create most process color printing |
Color Scheme | an arrangement of colors often based on their |
Color theory | relationship between colors often based on their location on a color wheel |
Color wheel | a chart in which complementary colors (or their names) are arranged on opposite sides of a circle |
Communication of Color | eye/mind perception of color; meanings associated with color |
Complementary of Colors | lower wavelengths (violet) absorbed, see complemtary color (wheel goes around roygbv) |
Custom Color | color designed by the user specifically for a document |
Hue | the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength , the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength |
Monochromatic colors | All the hues (tints and shades) of a single color. |
Pantone | color matching system that uses a series of cards to identify specific colors |
Process Color | use of many colors in a publication (most commonly CMYK) |
RGB (red, green, and blue) | The three colors used to create a color space that consists of three dots, one for each color; Also called a triad. |
Saturation | the brightness or dullness of a color |
Shade | the addition of black pigment, or a complementary pigment, to another pigment to create a darker value of that color. |
Split-complementary colors | color scheme consisting of one color combined with the two other colors that are located on either side of its opposite (complementary) color |
Spot color | a printing technique that uses one premixed color ink for each color used in a publication |
Tint | created when white is added to a color |
Triadic Colors | Using three colors that are equal distance apart on the color wheel |