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Heinemann 13
Color terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are the primary colors? | red, blue, yellow |
| what is color? | is the color of design. |
| how is color perceived? | Color occurs when light in different wavelengths strikes our eyes. Objects have no color of their own, only the ability to reflect a certain wavelength of light back to our eyes.Colors appear different depending on whether you view them under incandes |
| What is hue? | Hue refers to the color itself. Each different hue is a different reflected wavelength of light |
| 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 are Tints and Shades? | A tint is a saturated color that is mixed with pure white color.A shade is a saturated color that is mixed with pure black color. |
| what are Neutral Colors? | Black, Grey, White, Brown, & Tan |
| what are Warm & Cool Colors? | warm colors are red orange and yellow. cold colors are blue green and viotet. |
| what are Color Harmonies? | Monochromatic, Analogous, Complementary, Triadic, Split Complementary, and Neutral |
| what is Monochromatic Color Harmony? | they are achieved by using tints and shades of only one color. |
| what is Analogous Color Harmony? | Are done by using three or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel |
| what is Complementary Color Harmony? | Two colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel. |
| what is Triadic Color Harmony? | Three colors that are located within equal distance of each other. |
| what is Split Complementary Harmony? | This is created by using any color and the two colors located next to that colors complement. |
| what is neutral color harmony? | Any combination of Blacks, Grays, Whites, Browns, & Tans. |