Color material Terms

Question 1

Palette

Answer 1

The flat surface that paint is kept on or the group of paints that you are using

Question 2

Defining properties of color

Answer 2

Hue, saturation, value

Question 3

Hue

Answer 3

Placement on color wheel

Question 4

Saturation

Answer 4

Intensity or dullness/brightness of color

Question 5

Value

Answer 5

How light or dark the color is

Question 6

Picture on the front page is called what?

Answer 6

Johannes Itten color wheel

Question 7

Achromatic

Answer 7

Little to no intensity such as black grey and white

Question 8

Chroma

Answer 8

Refers to color in general

Question 9

Primary colors

Answer 9

Three colors within a subtraction system that don’t have other colors present in them and are used to make secondary colors (red blue yellow)

Question 10

Secondary colors

Answer 10

Made with two primaries (violet green orange)

Question 11

Tertiary

Answer 11

Combination of secondary and primary color (red red orange, blue green green)

Question 12

Temperature of color

Answer 12

Warm and cool. Warm hues are yellow, orange, red and cool hues are violet blue and green. Temperature is relative, meaning that two yellows can be respectively cool and warm even though they are both technically warm

Question 13

Complimentary colors

Answer 13

Across from each other on the color wheel and combines all primaries together (blue and orange mix red/yellow and blue. Others are red green and yellow purple)

Question 14

Analogous colors

Answer 14

Next to each other on the color wheel

Question 15

Tones, tints, and shades

Answer 15

Tone = hue + compliment + white

Tint = hue + white

Shade = hue + compliment

Question 16

Warm/cool primary palette

Answer 16

Warm and cool paint for each primary and some secondary’s to help mixing

Question 17

Cool primaries and warm primaries

Answer 17

Cool: ultramarine blue, cadmium yellow light, permanent rose

Warm: cerulean blue, cadmium yellow medium, cadmium red medium

Question 18

Secondaries ( what paint colors )

Answer 18

Cadmium orange, dioxazine purpl, permanent green light, sap green

Question 19

Dead palette

Answer 19

Earth tones and dull pigments. Each one equals to a traditional primary/secondary.

Question 20

Dead palette colors

Answer 20

Ivory black = blue
Yellow ochre = yellow
Ivory black and yellow ochre = green
Burnt sienna = orange
Terra Rosa = red
Ivory black and terra Rosa = violet

Question 21

Tinting

Answer 21

Ability to influence

Question 22

Retouch varnish

Answer 22

Temporary varnish that can be used when the painting is dry to the touch