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Color Terms
Question | Answer |
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How do you percieve white? | White is perceived when all of the color wavelengths (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) are reflected. |
How do you percieve black? | Black is perceived when no light is reflected in your eyes. |
What is hue? | Hue is the color itself, reflected in different wavelengths. |
What are the primary colors? | Red, blue, yellow. |
What are the secondary colors? | Violet, green, 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 in the color wheel because there is no white of black included. |
What three groups make up the color wheel? | Primary, secondary, tertiary. |
What is a tint? | A saturated color mixed with white. |
What is a shade? | A saturated color mixed with 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? | Green, blue, violet. |
What are the five neutral colors? | Black, grey, white, brown, tan. |
What are the six types of color harmonies? | Monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triadic, split complementary, neutral, accented neutral. |
What is a monochromatic color harmony? | When you use tints and shades of only one color. |
What is an analougus color harmony? | Using three or more colors right next to each other on the color wheel. |
What is a complementary color harmony? | Two colors directly across from each other on the color wheel. |
What is a triadic color harmony? | Using three colors within the same distance of each other.l |
What is a split complementary scheme? | Using a color and the two colors next to the first color's compliment. |
What is a neutral color scheme? | A combination os black, grey, white, brown, and tan. |