Color Theory (Q3)

Question 1

Wavelength in relation to frequency

Answer 1

Wavelength defines the
frequency of the electromagnetic wave

Question 2

How is wavelength measured?

Answer 2

• Wavelength is measured from
  crest to crest
• The longer the wavelength is
  the lower the frequency
• The shorter the wavelength is
  the higher the frequency

Question 3

How is frequency measured?

Answer 3

• Frequency is measured in
  number of cycles per second
• The higher number of cycles
  that “fit” into one second
  creates a higher frequency
• Shorter wavelengths will allow
  more cycles to “fit” into that
  one second of time

Question 4

Which of visible lights has the lowest frequency?

Answer 4

Red

Question 5

Which of visible lights has the highest frequency?

Answer 5

Violet

Question 6

What does infrared mean?

Answer 6

Below red

Question 7

What does ultraviolet mean?

Answer 7

above violet

Question 8

What is white light?

Answer 8

All color frequencies are being observed simultaneously

Question 9

What receptors are in the retina?

Answer 9

rods and cones

Question 10

What are rods?

Answer 10

parts of the eyes that respond to degrees of lights (grayscale)

Question 11

What are cones?

Answer 11

• Parts of the eyes that perceive color
• three types of cones: red, green, blue

Question 12

What are the primary colors?

Answer 12

• red, green and blue
• no colors can be mixed together to create the three colors
• they are also the colors the cone receptors have

Question 13

What are the prang system primary colors?

Answer 13

• Red, yellow, blue

Question 14

What is the difference between the primary color system and the prang color system?

Answer 14

• Primary: being emitted
  (when they are the source of light) stage lighting
• Prang: being reflected
  (color of material being seen) painting

Question 15

Secondary Colors of the Prang Color Wheel

Answer 15

• two primary colors are mixed they create a new color
• Orange, green, violet

Question 16

Intermediate Color

Answer 16

• A primary and a secondary color
• The naming of intermediate
  colors is done by putting the
  primary color name first,
  and the secondary color
  name second
• yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet, red-orange, yellow-orange

Question 17

Complements

Answer 17

• Colors which are opposite from
  each other on the wheel
• When these two colors seen together, they complement one another

Question 18

Non-Complementary

Answer 18

Colors which are not
complements will “clash” when
seen next to each other

Question 19

Complements of primary colors

Answer 19

• The complement of any primary color is a secondary color
• This secondary color is created by the remaining two primary colors

Ex. Blue, complement is orange,
orange is made by red and yellow

Question 20

Split Complement

Answer 20

Two colors adjacent to the complementary color are the split complement of a color

Question 21

Triad Color Scheme

Answer 21

Three colors evenly spaced
on the color wheel

ex. red, yellow and blue are a triad

Question 22

Tetrad Color Scheme

Answer 22

• Combination of four colors
• Two colors and their complements
• can make a “square” on the color wheel

Question 23

Analogous Colors

Answer 23

• A set of three colors: one
  primary OR secondary color,
  and the two intermediate
  colors on either side of the
  first color
• These three colors all share
  one color in common

ex. Orange, Yellow-orange, and red-orange

Question 24

Temperature

Answer 24

• Each color gives a natural “feel” of temperature- warm, or cool
• Warm: Yellow, Yellow-Orange, Orange, Red-Orange, Red, Red-Violet
• Cool: Yellow-Green, Green, Blue-Green, Blue, Blue-Violet, Violet

Question 25

What is the warmest color?

Answer 25

Orange

Question 26

What is the coolest color?

Answer 26

Blue

Question 27

What colors must be added to cause a color to “warm up”

Answer 27

yellow or red

Question 28

Temperature and Complements

Answer 28

each color’s complement will be
the opposite “temperature”

ex. red’s complement is green: red is warm, green is cool

Question 29

Three Dimensions of Color

Answer 29

• Hue
• Value
• Intensity

Question 30

What is hue?

Answer 30

Hue is the color

Question 31

What is value?

Answer 31

• Value is the level of light or dark
• how much white or black is added

Ex. red + white = pink
red + black = maroon

Question 32

What does white do to the value of a color?

Answer 32

When white is added, a tint is made

Question 33

What does black do to the value of a color?

Answer 33

When black is added, a shade is made

Question 34

What is intensity?

Answer 34

• Intensity is the saturation
• How much gray is added
• gray is equal parts black and white

Question 35

What does gray do to the intensity of a color?

Answer 35

Makes the color lose intensity

Question 36

What does the addition of gray do to the intensity of a color?

Answer 36

When gray is added, a tone is made

Question 37

Easy way to remember the products of the dimensions of color

Answer 37

Hue = color
Tint = color + white
Tone = color + gray
Shade = color + black

Question 38

What does monochromatic mean?

Answer 38

• Means “one color”
• A set of tints, tones, and shades of one hue

Question 39

What does Achromatic mean?

Answer 39

• Means “without color”
• A scale of white, gray and black

Question 40

Tertiary Colors

Answer 40

A color made from two secondary colors

Ex. Brown= orange and green

Question 41

Pigment

Answer 41

• Pigments are imperfect
  human-made materials/colors
• Mixing pigments in reality
  may not match up perfectly
  with mixing theory
• They may react with each other
  differently or react with light differently