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Color terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How do you percieve white? | when all wavelengths reflect back |
| How do you percieve black? | no light is relfected back |
| what is hue? | color |
| what are the primary colors? | red blue and yellow |
| what are the secondary colors? | violet green and orange |
| what are the tertiary colors? | red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, red-orange |
| what is a saturated color? | the colors used on the color wheel |
| what three groups make up the color wheel? | primary, secondary, and tertiary |
| what is a tint? | a saturated color that is mixed with a pure white color |
| what is a shade | a saturated color that is mixed with a pure black color |
| What are three colors that are considered to be warm colors? | yellow orange and red |
| What are three colors that are considered to be cool colors? | violet green and blue |
| What are the five neutral colors? | black gray tan white and brown |
| What are the six types of color harmonies? | monochromatic, analougus, complementary,triadic, split complementary and neutral |
| What is a monochromatic color harmony? | Colors that are shade or tint variations of the same hue |
| What is an analougus color harmony? | colors located near each other on a color wheel, (neighbors) |
| What is a complementary color harmony? | colors across from each other on the color wheel |
| What is a triadic color harmony? | Three hues equally positioned on a color wheel. |
| What is a split complementary scheme? | one color and two more equally placed from its complement |
| What is a neutral color scheme? | any combination of blacks greys whites browns and tans |