Color Terms
Primaries - Yellow, Red, Blue
Secondaries - Orange, Violet, Green
Tertiaries - Yellow-Orange, Red Orange, Red-Violet, Blue-Violet,Blue-Green, Yellow-Green.
Hue - Another word for color
Value - The lightness or darkness of a color.
Intensity - The brightness or dullness of a color.
Tint - A color that has been lightened by adding white.
Shade - A color that has been darkened by adding black.
Black - The absence of all color (light)
White - The sum total of all color.(light)
Gray/Brown - Gray is created by only a partial reflection of all color waves of the spectrum.
Neutrals - Black, White, Brown and Gray
Complimentary Colors - Colors that are directly opposite on the color wheel. Green and red are and example.
Analogous
Colors - Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
Split Complimentary - Start at a particular hue, blue for instance. Go directly accross the color wheel to it’s compliment which is orange. Then take the colors that are analogous to orange: yellow-orange and red-orange.
Triadic Harmony - A triadic color scheme involves three equally spaced hues on the color wheel. Blue, yellow, and red are and example.
Monochromatic - A color scheme using only tints and shades of a single color.
Cool Colors - Usually associated with Yellow-green, Green, Blue-Green, Blue, Blue-Violet and Violet.
Warm Colors - Yellow, Yellow-Orange, Orange, Red-Orange, Red, and Red-Violet.
Simultaneous Contrast - For any given color the eye simultaneously requires the complementary color and generates it spontaneously if it is not already present.
Primaries - Yellow, Red, Blue
Secondaries - Orange, Violet, Green
Tertiaries - Yellow-Orange, Red Orange, Red-Violet, Blue-Violet,Blue-Green, Yellow-Green.
Hue - Another word for color
Value - The lightness or darkness of a color.
Intensity - The brightness or dullness of a color.
Tint - A color that has been lightened by adding white.
Shade - A color that has been darkened by adding black.
Black - The absence of all color (light)
White - The sum total of all color.(light)
Gray/Brown - Gray is created by only a partial reflection of all color waves of the spectrum.
Neutrals - Black, White, Brown and Gray
Complimentary Colors - Colors that are directly opposite on the color wheel. Green and red are and example.
Analogous
Colors - Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
Split Complimentary - Start at a particular hue, blue for instance. Go directly accross the color wheel to it’s compliment which is orange. Then take the colors that are analogous to orange: yellow-orange and red-orange.
Triadic Harmony - A triadic color scheme involves three equally spaced hues on the color wheel. Blue, yellow, and red are and example.
Monochromatic - A color scheme using only tints and shades of a single color.
Cool Colors - Usually associated with Yellow-green, Green, Blue-Green, Blue, Blue-Violet and Violet.
Warm Colors - Yellow, Yellow-Orange, Orange, Red-Orange, Red, and Red-Violet.
Simultaneous Contrast - For any given color the eye simultaneously requires the complementary color and generates it spontaneously if it is not already present.
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