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Color Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How do you perceive white? | When you see every color at once |
| How do you perceive black? | No light |
| What is hue? | Hue is color itself |
| What are the primary colors? | Red, yellow, blue |
| What are the secondary colors? | Violet, orange, green |
| What are the tertiary colors? | Red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, red-orange |
| What is a saturated color? | A color that contains no white or black |
| What three groups make up the color wheel? | Primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors |
| What is a tint? | A tint is a saturated color that is mixed with pure white color |
| What is a shade? | A shade is a saturated color that is mixed with a pure 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? | Blue, green, violet |
| What are the five neutral colors? | Black, white, grey, tan, brown |
| What are the sic types of color harmonies? | Monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triadic, split complementary, neutral |
| What is a monochromatic color harmony? | They are achieved by using tints and shades of only one color |
| What is an analogous color harmony? | Done by using three or more colors that are next to each other |
| What us a complementary color harmony? | Two colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel |
| What is a triadic harmony? | Three colors that are located within equal distance from each other |
| What is a split complementary scheme? | Created by using any color and the two colors located next to that colors complement |
| What is a neutral color scheme? | Any combination of blacks, greys, whites, browns, and tans |