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Mathis 5
Mathis 5Color Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the Primary Colors? | Red, Yellow, Blue |
| What are the Secondary Colors? | Violet, Orange, Green |
| What is color? | Color is an element of design |
| 3 forms of light? | Incandescent, Fluorescent, and Natural |
| What is a hue? | Name of color/color itself |
| Color Wheel | Comprised of 3 primary colors. Red, Yellow, Blue |
| 3 basic colors that are used | Red, Blue, Yellow (cannot achieve these colors by mixing not primary colors) |
| Secondary Colors | Violet, Green, Orange. |
| What are tertiary colors? | When you mix equal parts of one primary color and one secondary color you achieve the tertiary color. |
| Tints and Shades | Shades - when you mix a saturated color with pure black Tints - when you mix a saturated color with pure white |
| Saturated color | |
| No white or Black in them | |
| Warm and Cool colors | |
| Orange, Red, Yellow | Blue, Green, Violet | |
| Monochromatic Colors | Tints and Shades of one color Ex: Navy Blue, Baby blue |
| Analogous Colors | 3 or more colors next to eachother on the color wheel Ex: Red, Red-Violet |
| Complementary Color Harmony | 2 colors opposite of eachother on color wheel |
| 2 colors opposite of eachother on color wheel | |
| Triadic color harmony | 3 colors equal distance of eachother of color wheel |