Color theory & Wax Flashcards

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Soft wax.. Also called?

A

“Surface restorer”
Small surface repairs-shallow depressions
Thin layer applied
Accepts cream cosmetics
Ex.) razor burn, sutured incisions, abrasions

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4 types of restorative waxes?

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Lip wax 
Soft wax
Medium wax
Firm wax 
1. Translucent
2. Opaque
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Medium wax also called?

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“Restorative” or “derma surgery wax”
Firmer wax
Holds shape & adheres to tissue

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Firm wax also know as?

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"Wound filler"
Hardest wax
Larger areas 
Least adhesive 
Requires firmly embalmed tissue
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Translucent Wax

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Narrow color range

Most adhesive of lip waxes

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Opaque wax

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Contains starch
Greater color range
Less adhesive

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General characteristics of a good wax?

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Adheres to tissue
Pliable @ room temp
Able to take cosmetics
Reflect light like normal skin

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How to soften wax

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Mix w/ cream cosmetic
Hot spatula near wax
Blow dryer
Light bulb
Hand warmth 
Warm water 
Petroleum jelly
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How to firm wax?

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Refrigerator
Baby powder
Corn starch

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4 conditions necessary for successful wax restoration?

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Tissue must be firm
Tissue must be dry
Tissue must be clean
Wait 8-10 hours

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Greatest fault of waxing is making the surface appear too ?

A

Flat

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History of color?
Who?
When?

A

Isaac Newton
Color spectrum discovered
No one color dominates
7 colors

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Dispersion

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Breaking up of white light into the component colors

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Absorption

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Light rays absorbed by an object

If all light rays are absorbed, the color is black

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Reflection

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All light rays reflected, object is white

Ex.) yellow absorbs all colors/rays except yellow – we see yellow

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3 primary colors

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Yellow
Red
Blue

Cannot be created by mixing other hues
Mix all together= gray

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Red

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Warm advancing color

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Orange

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Trumps red
Warmest
MOST advancing hue

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Blue

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Coolest hue

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Juxtaposition

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Two complimentary colors next to each other–> vivid

If it appears dull–> not complimentary

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Secondary colors

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Orange
Green
Violet

Mixture of two primary hues

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Intermediate colors

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Equal mixture of a primary & secondary hue
Primary listed first

Ex.) yellow-orange…blue-green…red-orange

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Tertiary

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Mixing two secondary colors,

Brown or gray

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Cool colors

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Yellow green
Green
Blue green
Blue
Blue violet
Violet
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Warm colors

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Red violet
Red
Red-orange
Orange
Yellow-Orange
Yellow
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Achromatic colors

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Not on color wheel
Lack of color
White, black, grey

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Three dimensions of color

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Hue
Value
Intensity

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Value

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Lightness or darkness of a hue
Pale blue has higher value bc it reflects more light
Diamonds vs coal

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Black & white movie

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Able to see value

Unable to see color

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How to alter value

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Tint–> add white dilute color

Shade–> add black darken the value

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Intensity

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Changing the tone
Add gray or mix with its compliment
Brightness or dullness

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How to change intensity?

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Mix its compliment

Complements mixed equally make grey

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Monochromatic

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Variation of tint, tone, shade of one color

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Analogous

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Two or more hues which lie next to each other
Adjacent on the color wheel
Reveals one hue running through entire group of colors

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Complementary

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2 opposite hues, right across from each other

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Triad

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Contrasting three colors equal distance on color wheel
Like a triangle
Richest colors

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Split complementary

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Contrasting 3 hues

Primary hue & 2 hues on either side of direct complement

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Double complement

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Employs 4 hues

Any 2 adjacent hue with their compliment

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Tetrad-contrast

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Four colors

Two separate hues & their compliments. Not adjacent.

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Contrast non complementary

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Hues contrast but not actually complementary
2 colors
Blue & red
Yellow & green

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Afterimage

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Stare at color, blink, see complement color

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Chroma

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Brightness, brilliance, determined by watts.

100watts is brighter than 60.

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Saturation

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Purity of light
Not changed in brightness
Or diluted with complement

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Primary colors of light

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Red

Green & blue

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Secondary colors of light

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Yellow, magenta, blue-green

45
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Additive method end result is?

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White

Takes away color of light

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Subtractive method ?

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All colors go black

Takes away color of light

47
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Type of lighting used in prep room & viewing room

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Fluorescent - prep room

Incandescent - viewing room

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2 types of lights

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Incandescent- yellow color, filament bulb, used in lamps

Fluorescent- long, tubular bulb, electric current into light

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2 methods of mixing color illumination?

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Additive & subtractive

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Three dimensions of color illumination

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Hue
Chroma
Saturation

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Absorption

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The process of taking in, taking in light

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Emphasis

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Using the same color of light as the color of the object

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Conversion

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The color of an object being converted or destroyed when one color strikes an object