colour 🎀 Flashcards
hue is another word for
colour
what’s the value of a colour
-the lightness or darkness of a colour
how is a tint produced
-when white is added to a hue
when is a shade produced
when black is added to a colour
what’s intensity
-the brightness or dullness of a colour usually formed by mixing a hue with its complement
what chroma
refers to the purity or intensity of a colour
what’s tone
-similar to value
-adding grey to a colour
what are the primary colours
-blue
-red
-yellow
cannot be made by combining colours
secondary colours
formed by combining two primary colours
what are tertiary or intermediate colours
-formed by combing a primary colour with a secondary colour
what are the neutral colours
-black
-white
-grey
what’s a complementary colour
-a colour that is directly opposite a particular colour on the colour wheel
what are the three main properties of colour
-hue
-saturation
-value
what’s hue
the name given to the colours
describe value
adding brightness or darkness to a colour
-more white = higher value
-more black = lower value
describe the intensity of a colour
refers to the purity of a colour
higher intensity = brighter and purer
lower intensity = darker (by adding grey or a complement of that hue to the colour)
what are the warm colours
-red and yellow
-associated with sun and fire = warmth
-happiness and excitement
-has the effect of making objects appear to advance so they seem closer and larger
what are the cool colours
-blue, purple, green
-associated with water, sky, ice = coolness
-creates a calm and restful effect = relaxing colours
-effect of making objects to recede so they seem further away and smaller
who developed the first colour wheel
sir isaac newton in 1666
what are colour combination also known as
harmonies
(two or more colours are used together)
what are related colour combinations
-harmonies use colours that are found close to each other on the colour wheel
what are the two types of related colour combinations
-monochromatic colour- uses different fonts and shades of a single colour eg: light green, green, dark green
-analogous- two or three colours that are situated side by side on the colour wheel eg: green, blue green, blue
what are the five contrasting colour combinations
-a complementary colour scheme- uses two colours that lie opposite each other
-double complementary- uses two colours that lie next to each other as well as the two colours that lie directly opposite them (orange and red orange are used with blue and blue green)
a split complementary- uses one colour together with two colours that lie on either side of its complement (orange with blue-purple and blue-green)
-a double split complementary- uses two colours that lie on either side of a colour together with their complements
-triadic colour complementary- uses three colours that would be found at each point of the triangle
