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Gruden 1
Color Terms
Question | Answer |
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How is color recived? | By light reflecting into the eye. |
What is Hue? | It refers to the 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-green, Yellow-green, Yellow-orange, Red-orange. |
What elements makes up the Color Wheel? | Primary,Secondary, and Tertiary colors. |
What are Tints? | Saturated colors mixed with White. |
What are Shades? | Saturated colors mixed with Black. |
What are Warm Colors? | Red, Orange, Yellow. |
What are Cool Colors? | Blue, Green, Violet. |
What are Neutral Colors? | Black, Grey, White, Brown, Tan. |
Whar are the Color Harmonies? | Monochromatic, Analogous, Complementary, Triadic, Split Complementary, Neutral. |
Monochromatic Color Harmony. | Using tints and shades of only one color. Ex: Navy Blue, Bright Blue, Baby Blue. |
Analogous Color Harmony. | Using 3 or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. Ex: Blue, Blue-green, Green. |
Complementary Color Harmony. | 2 colors directly across from each other on the color wheel. Ex: Blue and Orange. |
Triadic Color Harmony. | 3 colors that are located within equal distance of each other on the color wheel. Ex: Red, Blue, Yellow. |
Split Complementary Harmony. | Using any color and the colors located beside the 1st color's complementary color. Ex: Orange, Blue-green, Blue-violet. |
Neutral Color Harmony. | Any combination of Blacks, Greys, Whites, Browns, Tans. |