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Waters 8
Color Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a monochromatic color scheme? | Color scheme using tints and shades of one color |
| What is an analogous color scheme? | Three or more colors located next to each other on the color wheel |
| What is an accented neutral color scheme? | A neutral color scheme with a slight addition of color |
| .What color scheme is 2 colors opposite on the color wheel | Complementary color scheme |
| How many colors are in a split complementary color scheme | Any color and the two colors located next to that colors compliment |
| Name the Primary colors | Red, yellow, and green |
| Name the secondary colors | Violet, green, and orange |
| What is the value of a color | The lightness or darkness of a color |
| What does the intensity of a color mean | The brightness or dullness of a color |
| What is the hue | Hue refers to color itself |
| How do you make a tint | A saturated color mixed with pure white |
| How do you make a shade | A saturated color mixed with a pure black |
| What are the warm colors | Red, orange, and yellow |
| What are the cool colors | Blue, green, and violet |
| What are the neutral colors | Black, grey, white, brown, tan |
| what is unique about the Primary colors | They have no colors added to them (true colors) |
| Name 3 tertiary colors | Blue-green, Red-violet, Yellow-orange |
| What is the proper way to name the tertiary colors | Primary colors named first, Secondary named second. (ex. RED-violet) |
| What is another name for the tertiary colors | Intermediate colors |
| What is a triadic color scheme | Three colors in equal distance from each other |