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color terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a hue? | Color |
| A tint is color plus... | white |
| A shade is color plus... | black |
| What are the primary colors? | Red,Blue and Yellow |
| What are the secondary colors? | Green, Violet and orange |
| Explain Monochromatic color harmony | this uses tints and shades of only one color |
| Explain Analogous color harmony | this uses three or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. |
| Explain complamentary color harmony | this uses colors that are opposite in the color wheel |
| Explain neutral color harmony | any combination of blacks, Greys, whites, browns and tans |
| Explain Triadic color harmony | this uses 3 colors equal distance in the color wheel. |
| Explain split complamentary color harmony | this uses any color and the 2 colors located in a Y in the color wheel |
| what are the warm colors | Red, Orange and Yellow |
| what are the cool colors | Blue,Green and Violet |
| What are the neutral colors | Black,Grey,White,Brown and Tan |
| What is Intensity? | Brightness/Dullness |
| What is Value? | Amount of black/white added to color |
| What is elements of design? | color of shape/form |
| What is color? | color is an element of design |
| How does color occur? | Color occurs when light in different wave lenghts strikes our eyes |
| What are the tertiary colors? | Blue-violet,Red-violet,Blue-green,Yellow-green,Yellow-orange and Red-orange |