Colour Usage

Question 0

COLOUR GRADIENT

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A fill ranging from one colour to a second in even intermediate stages.

Question 1

ADVANCING

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Colours that give the impression that the surface they are painted on, is closer to your eye.
Advancing colours are also warm colours.

Question 2

COLOUR WHEEL

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A graphic which allows you to pick a colour for a
particular job.

Question 3

CONTRASTING

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Two colours that are opposites to each other. They can be found directly opposite on the colour wheel. Used to great effect to emphasise something.

Question 4

COOL

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Colours that look cold to the eye such as the blues.

Question 5

GREY SCALE

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A graphic coloured only by dots that are black. Varying the spacing between the black dots gives a different grey tone.

Question 6

HARMONY

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Two colours that are neighbours on the colour wheel and that go together well e.g. red and orange.

Question 7

HIGHLIGHTS

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Parts of a rendered drawing that show where the light actually strikes the object being drawn. Much lighter than the rest of the rendering.

Question 8

HUE

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The exact colour, with no highlights, of an object.

Question 9

MONOTONE

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A drawing which is produced using only one colour, or shades of one colour e.g. black, white and greys.

Question 10

NATURAL

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Colours that can be seen within a natural environment such as green and brown.

Question 11

PANTONE

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International numeric system for selecting a colour. Each colour has its own individual number.

Question 12

PRIMARY

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The three main colours that can’t be made by mixing. These are: red, yellow and blue.

Question 13

RECEDING

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Colours that give the impression that the surface they are painted on, is further away from your eye than it really is.
Receding colours are also cool colours.

Question 14

REFLECTION

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A part of the surrounding area reflected on the surface of a drawing.
Hard to create but very effective if successful.

Question 15

SECONDARY

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A mix of two primary colours to give a third colour. Red + yellow = orange.
Blue + yellow = green.
Blue + red = purple.

Question 16

SHADE

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Adding black to a colour to make it slightly darker. This process can be completed many times to give a range of different shades.

Question 17

SHADOW

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The dark shape cast on a surface when something stands between a light and the surface.

Question 18

TERTIARY

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A mixture of one primary colour and one secondary colour to give a third colour.
Yellow + orange = yellowy-orange.
Red + orange = redy-orange.
Blue + purple = bluey-purple.
Red + purple = redy-purple.
Yellow + green = yellowy-green.
Blue + green = bluey-green.

Question 19

TEXTURE

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Using colour to give the effect of material (metal, wood or other) to a surface of a drawing.

Question 20

TINT

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White with a little dash of colour to make a second colour that is slightly off white.
Often seen when painting house interiors.

Question 21

TONAL RANGE

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A range of colours, using one colour as the base, going from very light to very dark e.g. sky blue - navy blue.

Question 22

TONE

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A list of colours with the same base colour but with each one being slightly darker that the one before e.g. moving from light blue to navy blue.

Question 23

WARM

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These are colours that feel warm to the eye such as reds, oranges and yellows.