Chapter 5 Flashcards
color mode
amount of color that can be stored in a given file format
color model
determines how pigments combine to produce resulting colors
bitmap
image displayed on monitor like an icon
pixel
each dot of color or shade
gamut
range of displaced colors
out of gamut
beyond color space that monitor can display
hue
color reflected from or transmitted thru an object
saturation
strength of color representing the amount of gray
brightness
measure of relative light or dark of color measured as a percent
channels
3 colors used to produce color
additive colors
used for lighting, video, and computer monitor colors. created by adding red, green, and blue light
cmyk
based on colors being absorbed a s the ink hits the paper and back to your eye. uses cayenne, magenta, yellow and black
rgb
red, green, blue to mix colors
grayscale mode
up to 256 shades of gray
foreground color
black by default used to fill a selection
