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Massaro 2
Color Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1.How do you percieve white? | You precieve white when all of the wavelengths re reflected back into your eyes. |
| 2.How do you percieve black? | When no light is reflected back into your eyes. |
| 3.What is hue? | Another name for color. |
| 4.What are the primary colors? | Blue, yellow, and red. |
| 5.What are the secondary colors? | Green, orange, and violet. |
| 6.What are the tertiary colors? | Blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet, red-orange, yellow-orange, and yellow-green. |
| 7.What is a saturated color? | A saturated color has no white or balck in them. |
| 8.What three groups make up the color wheel? | Primary colors, secondary colors and tertiary colors. |
| 9.What is a tint? | A tint is when you add white to a color |
| 10.What is a shade? | A shade is when you add balck to a color |
| 11.What are three colors that are considered to be warm colors? | Red, yellow, and orange |
| 12.What are three colors that are considered to be cool colors? | Blue, green, and violet |
| 13.What are the five neutral colors? | Brown, black, gray, tan, and white. |
| 14.What are the six types of color harmonies? | Monochramatic, analogous, complimentary, split complimentary, triadic, and neutrals. |
| 15.What is a monochromatic color harmony? | When you have different shades and tints of the same color. |
| 16.What is an analougus color harmony? | Three or four colors next to each other on the color wheel. |
| 17.What is a complementary color harmony? | Colors across from eachother on the color wheel. |
| 18.What is a triadic color harmony? | Three colors that have an equal distance on the color wheel. |
| 19.What is a split complementary scheme? | Using one complimentary pair, but using the two colors nect to one of the colors. |
| 20.What is a neutral color scheme? | Any combination of blacks, greys, brows, and tans. |