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Color- A.DePerro
Color Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How do you percieve white? | When wave lengths are reflected back to your eye |
| How do you percieve black? | When no light is reflected back to your eye |
| What is hue? | Color, itself. (ex. purple, red, blue, yellow) |
| What are the primary colors? | Red, blue, yellow |
| What are the secondary colors? | Violet, green, orange |
| What are the tertiary colors? | Red-violet, red-orange, blue-green, blue-violet, yellow-orange, yellow-green |
| What is a saturated color? | Colors that do not have any white or black in them. (ex. all colors on wheel) |
| What three groups make up the color wheel? | Primary, secondary, tertiary |
| What is a tint? | A saturated color mixed with white |
| What are three colors that are considered to be warm colors? | red, orange, yellow |
| What are three colors that are considered to be cool colors? | blue, green, violet |
| What are the five neutral colors? | black, grey, white, brown, tan |
| What are the six types of color harmonies? | monchromatic, analogous, complementary, triadic, split completmentary, neutral |
| What is a monochromatic color harmony? | Created by using a tints and shades of only one color |
| What is an analougus color harmony? | Created by using 3 or more colors that are next to eachother on the color wheel |
| What is a complementary color harmony? | Created by using 2 colors directly across from eachother on the wheel |
| What is a split-complementary color harmony? | Created by using any color and 2 colors next to that color's complementary |
| What is a triadic color harmony? | Created by using 3 colors located within equal distance |
| What is a neutral color scheme? | Created by using any combination of grays, blacks, tans, browns and whites |
| What is a shade? | A satuarted color mixed with black |