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Color Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is color? | color is an element of design |
| How is color perceived? | color occurs when light in different wavelengths strikes our eyes |
| What is hue? | he refers to the color itself |
| What are primary colors? | the three basic colors that are used to create all of the other colors *Red *Blue *Green |
| What are secondary colors? | the three colors that are archived from equal parts of two primary colors *Violet *Green *Orange |
| What are tertiary colors? | you mix equal parts of one primary and one secondary color *red-violet, blue-violet *blue-green, yellow-green *yellow-orange, blue-orange |
| What are the colors in the color wheel called? | saturated colors because there is no white or black |
| What elements make up the color wheel? | primary, secondary, and tertiary |
| Whats a tint? | a saturated color that is mixed with pure white color *the more white you add the lighter it will become |
| Whats a shade? | its a saturated color that is mixed with a pure black color *the more black you add the darker it will become |
| Warm colors: | red, orange & yellow |
| Cool colors: | blue, green & violet |
| Neutral colors: | black, grey, white, brown, & tan |
| Color Harmonies: | *monochromatic *analogous *complementary *triadic *split complementary *neutral |
| What is a monochromatic color harmony? | archived by using tints and shades of only one color *navy blue, bright blue, and baby blue |
| What is a analogous color harmony? | three or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel *red, red-violet, violet |
| What is a complementary color harmony? | two colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel *yellow & violet |
| What is a triadic color harmony | three colors that are located within equal distance of each other |
| What is a split complementary harmony? | any color and the two colors next that colors complement *yellow, red-violet, blue violet |
| What is a neutral color harmony? | any combination of blacks, grays, whites, browns, & tans |
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