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Color terms
Question | Answer |
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How do you perceive white? | White light occurs when all the wavelengths are reflected back to your eye. |
How do you perceive black? | When no light is reflected back to your eye. |
What is hue? | hue represents a color. |
What are the primary colors? | red, blue, yellow |
What are the secondary colors? | green, violet, orange |
What are the tertiary colors? | red-orange, red-violet, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet |
What is a saturated color? | The colors that make up the color wheel. |
What three groups make up the color wheel? | primary, secondary, tertiary |
What is a tint? | A saturated color mixed with pure white. |
What is a shade? | A saturated color mixed with pure black. |
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, violet, green |
What are the 5 neutral colors? | Black, Grey, White, Brown, Tan |
What are the 6 types of color harmonies? | Complementary, Analogous, Triadic, Split Complementary, Monochromatic, Neutral |
What is a monochromatic color harmony? | It has different tints of the same color/hue |
What is an analogous color harmony? | Are done by using three or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. |
What is a complementary color harmony? | Using two colors opposite on the color wheel. |
What is a triadic color harmony? | Using three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. |
What is a split complementary scheme? | A hue and the two colors on either side of it's complementary. |
What is a neutral color scheme? | A harmony using only neutral colors. |