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Desktop Color 1-20
Desktop Vocabulary Color 1-20
Term | Definition |
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Analogous Colors | are those colors that are near each other on a color wheel |
CMYK | A color model used to identify a color as a percentage of the colors cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, often used by printers. |
Color Modes | The separation of color into channels. |
Color Wheel | a visual arrangement of colors in a circle that is similar to the spectrum of light. |
Complimentary Colors | colors that appear directly across from each other on a color wheel. |
Contrast | Design elements that look different than surrounding features to create visual interest or specific focal points. |
Dithering | When a visiting computer substitutes colors on web pages that use colors not included in the standard 256 colors. |
Fill | A pattern, color or tint applied to the inside of a closed object. |
Gradient | A gradual change from one color to another. Uses stops for the beginning and ending colors. |
Grayscale | A color system that ranges from white to black with shades of gray in between. |
Hexadecimal value | A six-digit code that defines one color. |
HSB | (Hue, Saturation, Brightness) Method of describing color to a computer. |
Layers (layering) | The practice of placing text and image and top of each other in a design. |
Pantone | A color system used by professional print shops that matches computer data with specialized inks. |
Process color | A color created by mixing colors—such as cyan, magenta, yellow and black—in specific proportions. |
RGB | Acronym for red, green, blue, the colors of projected light from a computer monitor that when combined simulate a subset of the visual spectrum. |
Spectrum | The entire range of color from white to black. |
Spot Color | Any pre-mixed ink that is not one of the four process-color (CMYK) inks. |
Saturation | The intensity of a color. |
Transparency | the ability to see through one object or layer to another below it. |