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Unit 2
Unit 2: Communication of Color
Term | Definition |
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Analogous colors | Colors located adjacent to each on the color wheel. |
CMYK | The four ink colors used to create most process color printing |
Color Scheme | An arrangement of colors designed to create a specific response |
Color Theory | Relationship between colors often based on their location on a color wheel. |
Color Wheel | Circle containing a spectrum of color. |
Communication of Color | eye/mind perception of color, meanings associated with color. |
Complementary Colors | Colors locared directly opposite one another on the color wheel |
Custom Color | Color designed by the user specifically for a document |
Hue | All tints and shades of a color; red, orange. and blue are all hues |
Monochromatic colors | All the hues of a single color |
Pantone | Color matching sustem that uses a series of cards to identify specific colors. |
Process Color | Use of many colors in a publication |
RGB | Color model used to display color on computer monitors, televisions, and similar devices. |
Saturation | The intensity of a color; how close it is to a pure hue |
Shade | Created when black is added to a color |
Split-Complementary Colors | Color scheme consisting of one color combined with the two colors located on either side of its opposite color. |
Tint | Created when white is added to a color. |
Triadic Colors | Using three colors that are equal distance apart on the color wheel. |