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Conway 3
Intro Color Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is hue? | Another name for a color |
| What does intensity mean? | The brightness or dullness of a color |
| What are the three components of the color wheel? | Primary, secondary, intermediate |
| What are the primary colors? | Red, blue, and yellow |
| What are the secondary colors? | Violet, green, and orange |
| What are tertiary colors? | Red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange,and red-orange |
| How do you make primary colors? | You can't, they are the three basic colors that are used to create all other colors |
| How do you make secondary colors? | Mix equal parts of two primary colors. |
| How do you make tertiary/intermediate colors? | Mix equal parts of one primary color and one secondary color. |
| What does the word tint mean? | A value lighter than that on the color wheel |
| What does the word shade mean? | A value darker than that on the color wheel |
| What color is added to create a tint? | White |
| What color is added to create a shade? | Black |
| What does a Monochromatic Harmony/Scheme mean? | One hue with different tints and shades |
| What does a Complimentary Harmony/Scheme mean? | Two colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel |
| What does an Analogous Harmony/Scheme mean? | Three or more colors next to each other on the color wheel |
| How many colors from the color wheel are represented in a Monochromatic Harmony/Scheme? | None |
| How many colors from the color wheel are represented in a Complimentary Harmony/Scheme? | 12 |
| How many colors from the color wheel are represented in an Analogous Harmony/Scheme? | 12 |
| What colors are considered warm colors? | Orange, red, and yellow |
| What colors are considered cool colors? | Green, blue, violte |
| What colors are considered neutral colors? | Tans, browns, whites |
| What colors are on each side of the color blue on the color wheel? | Blue-Violet and Blue-Green |
| What colors are on each side of the color yellow on the color wheel? | Yellow-Green and Yellow-Orange |
| What colors are on each side of the color red on the color wheel? | Red-Orange and Red-Violet |