Color Flashcards
The range of light the human eye can see.
Visible Light Spectrum
Colors the reach the eye directly from a source, and we perceive it as a color or several colors.
Direct Light
Light that bounces off a surface and reaches the eye.
Reflected Light
Cause of color.
Light
Absorbs or reflects different types of light.
Colorants
Type of colorant that isn’t manmade.
Natural
Type of colorant that is typically manmade.
Synthetic
This makes people unaware of differences in color that are obvious to other people.
Color Blindness
White or colored light seen as a result of a combination of wavelengths.
Additive Color System
The primary colors of an additive light system.
Red, green, and blue
Secondary colors of an additive color system.
Magenta, cyan, and yellow
Sees color as a result of the absorption of light; the primary colors of an artist.
Subtractive Color System
Primary colors of a subtractive color system.
Red, blue, and yellow.
Secondary colors of a subtractive color system.
Orange, purple, and green.
Was created for and used by the printing and repographic industry.
Subtractive Process Color System
Process color primaries.
Cyan, magenta, and yellow.
Process color secondaries.
Red, blue, and green.
Color relationships that guide color combinations and schemes.
Color Theory
Contains the entire range of colors of the subtractive system.
Color Wheel
Purest of colors unrelated to each other.
Primary Colors
Created by combining equal amounts of primary colors.
Secondary Colors
Colors in between primary and secondary hues, with more primary hue.
Tertiary Colors
Two colors directly opposite to each other.
Complementary Colors
One primary hue and two hues adjecent to its complementary.
Split Complementary
A primary hue and two hues adjacent to it.
Analogous Colors
Three hues spaced equidistantly from each other.
Triad Harmonies
Two sets of compliments or two sets of split compliments.
Tetrad Harmonies
