Color Flashcards
Primary colors
Red
Yellow
Blue
A hue made by mixing 2 primary colors
Secondary colors
What are the secondary colors?
Orange
Green
Purple
What is the color spectrum?
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet (ROY G BIV)
What is the color wheel?
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple
This involves only one hue
Monochromatic color scheme
A harmony of self notes of the same hue
Monochromatic
Involves two or more hues which lie adjacent to each other on the color wheel and contain the same hue in each
Analogous
Any two hues of the color wheel and intermediate hues
Complimentary
Involves 3 hues as nearly as possible
Triad
The triad scheme must be at least ___ from each other on the color wheel
3 hues
Involves 3 hues, but the complement is not included, but the colors on either side of the direct complement
Split Complementary
Involves four hues, two adjacent hues on the color-wheel and their complements
Double Complements
Involves 4 hues (2 separated hues and their complements)
Tetrad
Involves 2 hues, including a warm and a cool hue
Contrast, non-complementary