Chapter 2: Elements of Design

Question 1

What are colours created with light called

Answer 1

additive colours

Question 2

what are colours called that are created with pigments

Answer 2

subtractive colours

Question 3

what are the primary colours of light

Answer 3

red green and blue

Question 4

what are the three primary colours of pigments

Answer 4

red blue and yellow

Question 5

what is colour hue

Answer 5

basic colour (think HSB)

Question 6

what is colour value

Answer 6

the degree of lightness or darkness (lightness or brightness)

Question 7

what is colour intensity or chroma

Answer 7

degree of purity of the hue (saturation?)

Question 8

what is it called when you add white to a colour/hue

Answer 8

a tint

Question 9

what is it called when black is added to a hue

Answer 9

a shade

Question 10

what is it called when you add grey to a hue

Answer 10

a tone - it can also be created when you add a colour’s complement

Question 11

what is the Brewster or Prang Colour System

Answer 11

the colour wheel

Question 12

What is the Munsell colour system

Answer 12

defines colour more accurately than the brewster colour wheel and uses three scales or three dimensions

Kim look this up on google- not sure what it is

Question 13

how do complementary colours affect each other when placed together

Answer 13

they reinforce each other. when seen adjacent to each other, each appears to heighten the other’s saturation

Question 14

what happens when to non complementary colours are placed together

Answer 14

each colour appears to tint the other with it’s compmlement

Question 15

what happens when two primary colours are seen together

Answer 15

each will appear to be tinted with the third primary colour

Question 16

what happens when a colour is placed on a darker background & vise versa

Answer 16

it will appear lighter than it actually is if it’s on a dark background and vice versa- think when you hold paint up to a while wall it looks darker

Question 17

what happens to neutral grey when you place it on a blue background or a red background

Answer 17

the grey appears warm wen on the blue background and appears cool when on the red background

Question 18

What happens when you put a red object and a blue object under an incandescent light

Answer 18

it will appear more red and the blue will appear muddy and washed out

Question 19

what are some general rules about colour psychology

Answer 19

that people group colours in to warm and cool colours

cool colours are restful and quiet and warm are stimulating and active

Question 20

using only colour, how would you make an object look larger?

Answer 20

use a bright warm colour

Question 21

using only colour how would you make an object appear heavier

Answer 21

make it dark

Question 22

using only colour how would you make an object look smaller

Answer 22

using a dark colour

Question 23

what is a tetrad colour scheme

Answer 23

using four colours that are equally spaced around the colour wheel

Question 24

Name the elements of design (don’t describe them)

Answer 24

Form
Point
Line
Plane
Shape
Volume
Scale