color

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color

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a powerful element of design that is an ectremly rich tool the artist use.

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refracted light

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the bands of color seen when white light is passed throuhj a prism

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visible spectrume

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the humanly perceptible bands of colored light created when white light passes through a prism

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reflection

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the light waves that bounce back to our eye from a surface rather than being absorbed into it

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pigments

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a powder that is the coloring ingredient for paint or other color media

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subtractive color mixing

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mixing of pigments, producing a slightly darker value since each pigment subtracts its energy from the light reflected by the mixture.

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tint

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a very light value of a hue

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shade

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a dark value of a hue

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additive

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mixtures of light to create colors.

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optical color mixtures

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colors mixed visually as when hues are colosely juxtaposed in space or when transparent layers different colors are overlaid

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hue

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the characteristic of color identified by color names.

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color wheel

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a two dimensional circular model of relationships among hues.

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primary colors

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the basic hues from which all other hues can be mixed.

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secondary colors

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the hues created by mixing two primary colors togther

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tertiaries

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the hues created when a prmary and a ssecondary color are mixed

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saturation

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a measure of the relative purity and brightness or graness of a color

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chroma

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a measure of the relative purity and brightness or graness of a color(saturation)

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intensity

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a measure of the relative purity and brightness or graness of a color(saturation)

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complementary colors

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Hues that are opposite each other on a color wheel.

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neutrals

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colors of very low saturation, approaching grays.

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value

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degree of lightness or darkness

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simultaneous contrast

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the principle tht the juxtaposition of two colors exagggerates their difference and reduce their similarities

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local color

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the natural color of an object

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encaustic

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a method of painting with pignment bearing hot wax

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polychromed

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multicolored

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warm colors

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red, orange, and yellow hues.

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cool colors

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Hues in the green and blue range.

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atmospheric perspective

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the optical illusion that areas closer to the viewer are sharper in detail, color intensiy, and value contrast than area farther away.

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monochromatic

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a color scheme using closerly related colors derived from a single hue but perhaps varying in value and saturation.

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anal;ogous

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hues lying next to each other on a color wheel.