Art Flashcards
Character Illustrator
A person who visualizes and creates the look of an individual character
Neutral Colors
Black and White.
Black: rebellion, power, death, elegance.
White: purity, virtue, peace, modern.
Color Theory
Color harmony. There are formulas for good colors that can be made via the color wheel. Colors have symbolism.
Monochromatic Colors
Different tints, shades, and tones of the same color. Simple and cohesive. Around 4 colors is good in this scheme. Base color, highlight color which is your lightest, shading color which is your darkest, and an in between middle accent shadow color
Complimentary Colors
Colors are directly across from eachother on the color wheel. Like Blue and Orange.
Analogous Colors
1 base color, 2 secondary colors. It is 3 colors near each other on the color wheel.
Split Complimentary Colors
Color triads on the color wheel. Basically drawing a triangle within the color wheel. More balanced compositions. Easier on the eyes than complimentary colors. You will always get one cool and two warm colors OR one warm and two cool colors.
Purple
Royalty, prestige, creative, imagination, sleep, calm, lavender, romance
Blue
Rain, sadness, calm, sleep, nighttime, serene, water
Green
Nature, earth, lively, money, growth, wealth, go, yes, good
Yellow
Bright, joy, happy, cheerful, pop
Orange
Creativity, movement, bold, safety
Red
Fire, Love, Romance, Danger, Bad, stop, mistake, draws the most attention
Color Temperature
There are warm and cool colors and they can affect mood and appearance in an image. A good note is warm colors in the foreground and cool colors in the background.
Hue
Another word for color.
