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Color Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How do you percieve white? | it's a reflection of all the colors |
| How do you percieve black? | it is absent of color |
| What is hue? | the similarities to another color |
| What are the primary colors? | Red, blue, and yellow |
| What are the secondary colors? | Violet, Orange, and green |
| What are the tertiary colors? | Yellow-Orange, Red-Orange, Red-Violet, Blue-Violet, Blue-Green, and Yellow-Green |
| What is a saturated color? | the amount of gray in a color |
| What three groups make up the color wheel? | Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary |
| What is a tint? | a color mixed with white |
| What is a shade? | how dark a color is |
| What are three colors that are considered to be warm colors? | Red, Orange, and Yellow |
| What are three colors that are considered to be cool colors? | Blue, Violet, and Green |
| What are the five neutral colors? | Brown, Black, White, Grey, and Tan |
| What are the six types of color harmonies? | Monochromatic, Analogous, Complementary, Triadic, Split Complementary, and Neutral |
| What is a monochromatic color harmony? | using tints and shades of only one color and/or neutral colors to compliment it |
| What is an analougus color harmony? | using 3 or more colors next to each other on the color wheel |
| What is a complementary color harmony? | colors directly across from each other on the color wheel |
| What is a triadic color harmony? | 3 colors equal distance away from each other on the color wheel |
| What is a split complementary scheme? | a color and 2 colors next to the color that compliments it |
| What is a neutral color scheme? | any combonation of blacks, browns, whites, greys, and tans |