color wheel study sheet Flashcards
value
The lightness and darkness of a color
intensity
The brightness or dullness of a color
hue
The name of a color
primary colors
Red, blue and yellow
secondary colors
Orange, green, and violet. Made by mixing equal parts of two primary colors
tertiary colors
made by mixing equal parts of a primary and a secondary color example: yellow – orange, blue – green. primary color listed first
Brown
mix equal parts of the three primary colors
shade
mixture of one Hue and black example: navy
tint
mixture of one hue and white example: Pink
Tone
make sure of one Hugh and gray example: blue – Gray
complementary colors
Colors that are opposite of each other on the color wheel. Complementary colors intensify each other when placed side-by-side. They neutralize each other when mixed together
warm colors
Reds, yellows, and orange
cool colors
blues, greens, and violets
tempera
A powdery pigment
opaque
not see-through
transparent/translucent
see-through
composition
arrangement of visual elements
variety
many different elements
foreground
Area nearest to viewer
middle ground
between foreground and background
balance
“weighted” evenly throughout
impressionism
french. Thick, discontinuous strokes of color
abstract
simplified or stylized yet recognizable
nonobjective
art without objects
