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Visual Art Standard Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Primary | The colors cannot be made by mixing other colors. |
Secondary | The colors are created by mising two equally primary colors. |
Tertiary | The colors are created by mixing equally primary colors with secondary colors. |
Complementary | Two colors are across from each other or opposite to each other. |
Analogous | 3-5 colors are side-by-side. |
Triad | Three colors are evenly spaced apart or triangle. |
Cool | The colors are on the green-blue side of the color wheel. |
Warm | The colors are on the yellow-orange side of the color wheel |
Monochromatic | One color with the tint, tone, and shade of that colors |
Split-Complementary | One color along with the two colors besides opposite color. |
Tint | Adding white to a color |
Tone | Adding gray to a color |
Shade | Adding black to a color |
Intesity | The lightness or dullness of a color. |
Neutral | A color is not associated with any hue and included in the color family called earth colors. |
Hue | A pure color —one without tint or shade |
Spectrum | Rainbow colors which is produced when light passes through a glass prism or through a drop of water. |