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Brown Period 2
Color Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How do you see white? | White light occurs when all the wavelengths are reflected back to your eye |
| How do you see black? | Black light happens when no color is reflected back into your eyes. |
| What is a hue? | A hue is referring to a color itself. |
| What are the primary colors? | Red-Blue-Yellow |
| What are the secondary colors? | Violet-Green-Orange |
| What are the tertiary colors? | Red-violet Blue-violet Blue-greenYellow-green Yellow-orangeRed-orange |
| What is a saturated color? | Colors on the Color Wheel that don't have any black or white in them? |
| What three groups make up the color wheel? | PrimarySecondaryTertiary |
| What is a tint? | A saturated color that is mixed with pure white color. |
| What is a shade? | A saturated color that is mixed with pure black color. |
| What are three colors that are considered to be warm colors? | Red, Orange, & Yellow |
| What are the three colors that are considered to be cool colors? | Blue,Green, Violet |
| What are the five neutral colors? | Black,Grey, White, Tan and Brown |
| What are the six types of color harmonies? | MonochromaticAnalogousComplementaryTriadicSplit ComplementaryNeutral |
| What is a monochromatic color harmony? | They are achieved by using tints and shades of only one color, |
| What is an analougus color harmony? | Are done by using three or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. |
| What is a complementary color harmony? | Two colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel. |
| What is a triadic color harmony? | Three colors that are located within equal distance of each other. |
| What is a split complementary scheme? | created by using any color and the two colors located next to that colors complement. |
| What is a neutral color scheme? | Any combination of Blacks, Greys, Whites, Browns, & Tans. |