Color Vocabulary Words Flashcards
Analogous
Colors:
Often (3) three or more that are adjacent on the color wheel
Monochromatic
Color scheme based on a
(1)single hue Simplest and most basic of the color
Schemes.
Split Complement
A spit-complement scheme resembles a narrow-armed ( Y ) on the color wheel rather than being exact opposite or complementary colors.
Primary colors
3 of them ::
Red
Yellow
Blue
Direct Complement
Complementary colors schemes often and even greater variety in contrast
Accented by using colors that are directly opposite on the color wheel
When these colors are in their purest form and placed next to one another they appear more intense than if viewed separately because they are contrast with one another.
Tetrad
(4) Four colors equal distant on the standard 12 part color wheel form a Tetrad scheme.
Triad
Any (3) three Hues that are equidistant on the color wheel compose a Triadic color scheme.
Secondary colors
purple
Orange
green
Hue
Is one of the (3) three dimensions of color.
Tint tone shade
Hue refers to the dominant color family hue refers to the origin of the color We can see.
primary and secondary colors, yellow orange, red violet, blue, and green or considered Hughes however, territory colors mixed colors wear neither color is dominant would also be considered hue.
Hue is one of the primary properties of color its name such as red blue or yellow, which is given to each color to distinguish it from the other colors.
The color hue is the function of light wavelengths as discernible by the human eye.
Value
Is (1) part of the (3) three dimensions of color.
Value designates the darkness, or lightness of a color.
Shows the value between black and white that is all the gray values in between.
Chroma
Is (1) part of the (3) three dimensions of color.
The chroma of a color is the purity, saturation or amount of pigment it exhibits or shows.
Colors that exhibit a high degree of chroma are those that are not grayed, but rather are at their ultimate degree vividness and seem more intense.
Adding black or white to a color can lower its intensity or vividness, making it more muted and color to gray.
Tertiary colors
The combination of primary and secondary colors,
Is known as territory or in intermediate colors due to their compound nature, blue green,
blue violet, red orange, red violet, yellow, orange, and yellow green or color combinations you can make from color mixing.
Munsell
Munsell color system:
Defines coolers by measured scales of Hue, Value and Chroma,
which correspond respectively to dominant
* Wavelength, Brightness, and Strength or purity.
Different than the color wheel