chapter 5 Flashcards
colormode
amount of color that can be stored in na file format
colors model
determines how pigments combine to produce resulting colors
bitmap
image displayed on your monitor, such as an icon
pixel
each dot of color or shade
gamut
range of displayed colors
outagamut
out of color space that your monitor can display
hue
color reflected from or transmitted through an object
saturation
the strength of purity of the color representing the amount of gray
brightness
measurement of relative lightness or darkness of a color measured as a percentage
channels
the 3 colors used to produce colors red, green, and blue
additive colors
used for lighting, video and computer monitors color is created by adding red, green, and blue light
cmyk
based on colors being absorbed as the ink hits the aper and being reflected back to your eyes–uses cyan, yellow, magenta, black
RGB
uses red, green, blue to mix colors
grayscale mode
uses up to 256 shades of gray
foreground color
black by by default used to fill a selection