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Color Terms
Question | Answer |
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How do you percieve white? | White is percieved when light in different wavelengths strike your eye. Also, white appears different depending on weather you view them under incandescent, florescent, or natural sinlight. |
How do you percieve black? | Black is precived when no light is present or if it is in natural sunlight. |
What is hue? | Hue is color itself. Each hue is a different wavelength of light. |
What are primary colors? | The 3 basic colors that are used to create all of the other colors. The 3 main colors are blue, red, and yellow. |
What are secondary colors? | They are 3 colors made up of equal parts of 2 primary colors and those colors are green, violet, and orange. |
What are tertiary colors? | It is a form of when equal parts of 1 primary and one secondary color are put together. These colors are red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, and red-orange. |
What is a saturated color? | Saturated colors are used in the color wheel and since there is no black or white in them, it makes them saturated. |
What 3 groups make up the color wheel? | Primary; Secondary; Tertiary. |
What is a tint? | A tint is a saturated color mixed with white and the color becomes lighter. |
What is a shade? | A shade is a saturated color mixed with pure black color and the more black added to the color, the darker the color will become. |
What are the three colors that are considered to be warm colors? | Red; Orange; Yellow. |
What are the three colors considered to be cool colors? | Blue; Green; Violet. |
What are the five neutral colors? | Black, Grey, White, Brown, & Tan. |
What are 6 types of color harmonies? | Monochromatic, Analogous, Complementary, Triadic, Split Complemenary, & Neutral. |
What is Monochromatic Color Harmony? | A color scheme only using shades of one color. Ex: Navy Blue, Bright Blue, Baby blue. |
What is Analogous Color Harmony? | It is done by using 3 or more colors that are next to each other in the color wheel. Ex: Red, Red violet, violet. |
What is Complementary Color Harmony? | It's 2 colors that are exactly across from each other on a color wheel. Ex: Yellow & Purple; Green & Red. |
What is a triadic color harmony? | It is 3 colors that are located within equal distance of each other. Ex: Red, Blue, Yellow. |
What is a split complementary scheme? | This is created by using any color and the 2 colors located next to the colors that compliment. Ex: Orange, Blue Green, Blue Violet. |
What is a neutral color scheme? | It's any combinatinon of Blacks, Whites, Greys, Tans, & Browns. |