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C. Eells
Color Terms
Question | Answer |
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How do you precive white? | white is the refelction of certin parts of white light |
How do you percieve black? | black absorbs all of the color |
What is hue? | a color or shade |
What are the primary colors? | blue, red, and yellow |
What are the secondary colors? | orange, greeen, and purple |
What are the tertiary colors? | red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange |
What is a saturated color? | a pure color |
What three groups make up the color wheel? | the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors |
What is a tint? | a mixture of color with white |
What is a shade? | a mixture of color with black |
What are three colors that are considered to be warm colors? | orange, yellow, and red |
What are three colors that are considered to be cool colors? | blue, green, and purple |
What are the five neutral colors? | white, black, silver, gray, and brown |
What are the six types of color harmonies? | Monochromatic Analogous Complementary Triad Split Complementary Double Complements |
What is a monochromatic color harmony? | different shades and tints of the same color |
What is an analougus color harmony? | colors that are next to each other on the color wheel |
What is a complementary color harmony? | using complementary colors or colors that are across from each other on the color wheel |
What is a triadic color harmony? | using colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel or the colors that make a triangle |
What is a split complementary scheme? | using a color on the color wheel and the 2 colors on either side of its complement |
What is a neutral color scheme? | using neutral colors all together |