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Color Terms
Describes colors and their relations to each other (as well as color terms).
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| complementary colors | opposite hues on the color wheel |
| monochromatic colors | containing or using only one color |
| complement of red: | green |
| complement of green: | red |
| complement of blue: | orange |
| complement of orange: | blue |
| complement of yellow: | purple |
| complement of purple: | yellow |
| complement of black: | white |
| complement of white: | black |
| primary colors | a color in its most basic form |
| secondary colors | color resulting from mixing two primary colors |
| examples of primary colors: | red, yellow, blue |
| examples of secondary colors: | orange, green, purple |
| hue | color |
| tint | lighter values of hues |
| shade | darker values of hues |
| color | what is seen by the eye when an object reflects a certain light |
| tertiary color | color formed when the same amount of primary and secondary colors are mixed |
| examples of tertiary colors; | red-purple, red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, green-blue, blue-purple |
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