Color Flashcards
It is a phenomenon that human perceive visually. It is a property og light that is reflected off the object and received by the eyes.
Color
This color perceives darkness and sadness
Black
It means celebration and joy
Red
It means peace
White
It is a soothing colors of nature
Green and Blue
3 properties of color
- Hue
- Value
- Intensity
It is a name of the color on the color wheel or in the spectrum.
Hue
It is a lighter color than the normal value by adding white.
Tint
It is a darker color than the normal value by adding black.
Shade
It refers to the brightness or dullness of a hue achieved by adding gray of its complementary color.
Intensity
It is a theory of combining colors in a fashion that is harmonious to the eye.
Color Harmony
3 kinds of color harmony
- Monochromatic Harmonies
- Complementary Harmonies
- Analogous Harmonies
It uses the variations of a hue.
Monochromatic Harmonies
It involves two colors opposite to each other in the color wheel.
Complementary Harmonies
It makes use of two colors beside each other in the color wheel.
Analogous Harmonies
It is a color scheme that is comprised of variations of one color. These are all the tints, tones, and shades of a single hue.
Monochromatic Color
Example of Monochromatic Harmonies
Claude Monet, “Houses of Parliament” (1900-1)
Example of Complementary Harmonies
Vincent Van Gogh, “Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe” (1889)
Example of Analogous Harmonies
Edgar Degas, “Before the Race” (1882-1884)
It is determined by the type of receptors in the human eye.
Color Reception
7 colors in the spectrum of visible light
- Red
- Orange
- Yellow
- Green
- Blue
- Indigo
- Violet
These colors are look saturated, brilliant, vivid, alive, and eye-catching.
High-intensity colors
These colors appear faded or dull.
Low-intensity colors
These are the colors where visible light is broken as it passes through a prism and are mixed to produce more hues.
Primary Colors
2 types of mixing
- Additive Mixing
2. Subtractive Mixing
It applies when one wavelength is mixed with another. This happens when the light source is transmissive rather than reflective.
Additive Mixing
It apply to reflective surfaces.
Subtractive Mixing
It is a naturally occurring coloring matter that can be found in living things, as in plant chlorophyll.
Pigment
It is a device used to understand the relationship among the colors.
Color Wheel
3 segments of the Color Wheel
- Three Segments
- Six Segments
- Twelve Segments
It shows the primary colors.
Three Segments
It shows the primaries and secondaries.
Six Segments
It is enough to show the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.
Twelve Segments
3 primary colors in paint)
- Red
- Blue
- Yellow
3 primary colors (light-emitting media)
- Red
- Green
- Blue
4 primary colors abbreviated as CMYK (print)
- Cyan
- Magenta
- Yellow
- Black
