click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Iannelli 2
Color Terms
| Question | Answer | Question | Answer | Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How do you perceive white? | You perceive white when all of the wavelengths are reflected back to your eye. | What three groups make up the color wheel? | Primary, Secondary, Tertiary | What is a monochromatic color harmony? | A color harmony that uses tints and shades of one color. |
| What are the tertiary colors? | yellow-green, blue-green, yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet | What are the five neutral colors? | White, Gray, Black, Brown, Tan | What is a neutral color scheme? | White, Gray, Black, Brown, Tan. |
| What is a saturated color? | a color in its purest form, without any black or white added to it | What are the six types of color harmonies? | analougus, monochromatic, complementary, split complementary, triadic, neutral | ||
| How do you perceive black? | You perceive black when there is no light to reflect back to your eyes. | What is a tint? | A saturated color mixed with pure white color. | What is an analougus color harmony? | A color harmony that uses three or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. |
| What is hue? | Hue refers to the color itself. | What is a shade? | A saturated color mixed with pure black color. | What is a complementary color harmony? | A color harmony that uses two colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel. |
| What are the primary colors? | Red, Blue, Yellow. | What are the three colors that are considered to be warm colors? | Red, Orange, Yellow. | What is a triadic color harmony? | A color harmony that uses three colors of equal distance from each other on the color wheel |
| What are the secondary colors? | Orange, Violet, Green. | What are the three colors that are considered to be cool colors? | Blue, Violet, Green. | What is a split complementary scheme? | A color harmony that uses any color and the two colors next to that color's complement. |