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Introduction to Color Theory Flashcards

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A visual sensation.

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Color

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One layer of the retina contains receptors (2 types)

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How the Eye Distinguishes Color

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  1. Rods
  2. Cones
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Types of Receptors (in the retina)

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  • Responsible for various degrees of light.
  • Are specialized for visions in dim light.
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Rods

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  • Are responsible for perception of color.
  • Visual acuity-sharpness of vision
  • Are stimulated only by bright light.
    • Cannot see color by dim light.
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Cones

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Is a highly personal experience. Influenced by:

  • Past experience or association
  • Asthetic preference
  • Eye fatigue
  • Visual acuity-sharpness of vision
  • Color blindness
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Perception of Color

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The total or partial inability to distinguish and recognize colors.

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Color Blindness

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  • Responds to red light (Roy)
  • Responds to green light (G)
  • Responds to blue light (Biv)
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3 Kinds of Cones contained in the Retina

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9
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Different combinations of stimulus to the cones produce different colors.

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Just as a Painter Mixes Colors

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  1. Total
  2. Partial
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Types of Color Blindness

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No color perception. (Uncommon)

  • Can only distinguish different shades of white to black.
  • Missing all 3 types of cones
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Total Color Blindness

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Limited color percepton. (More common).

  • Most common is red-green
    • The cones most receptive to red or green light are missing.
    • Can’t distinguish between red or green.
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Partial Color Blindness

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  • A congenital condition
  • Affects males more frequently than females.
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Inheritance of Color Blindness

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14
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Tastefulness in funeral related activities.

  • Color mixing
  • Color selection and arrangement
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Knowledge of the Principals of Color

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  • Paint mixing
  • Room harmonies
  • Flower arrangements
  • Funeral setting
  • Colored lighting
  • Landscaping
  • Clothing and casket interior harmony
  • Cosmetology
  • Display room
  • Psychology
  • Web-site design
  • Funeral illumination
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Utilizing Color

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Proper lighting to use when viewing the deceased.

  • Funeral home
  • Church or other public building
  • Lying in state
  • Gravesite
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Funeral Illumination

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17
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  • Were made up of arbitrary standards by the artists.
    • Color does not appear the same to all people.
  • There were many rationalizations, but no agreements.
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Early Theories of Color

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18
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  • Argued the need for uniformity
  • Sought to establish standards and ways to identify color.
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Arrival of the Scientific Age- 17th Century Scientists

19
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Discovered dispersion and the spectrum by experimenting in 1666.

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Sir Isaac Newton

20
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In a darkened room a small slit was made in the window shade to allow a beam of sunlight to pass through a prism which bent into a band of pure colors identified as the spectrum.

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Newton’s Experiment

21
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Breaking up white light (sunlight) into its many colors.

  • accomplished by using a prism
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Dispersion

22
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Colors of the rainbow.

  • Colors of Roy G Biv
  • Pure colors that always appear in the same order.
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Spectrum

23
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Primary colors of light and are also the three types of cones in the eye.

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Initials R.G.B.

24
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Became the original “Scientific standard of color.”

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The Spectrum

25
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  1. Red
  2. Orange
  3. Yellow
  4. Green
  5. Blue
  6. Indigo
  7. Violet
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Order of Colors in the Spectrum

26
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Were able to measure the wavelengths of the visible spectrum in fine units called microns.

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Physicists of Later Years

27
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Fine units of the wavelengths of the visible spectrum.

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Microns

28
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Different colors have different ____ _____.

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Wave Lengths

29
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Has a long wave length, beyond this it goes into the invisible infra-red waves of heat.

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Red

30
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Has a short wave length, beyond this it goes onto the invisible ultra-violet rays.

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Violet

31
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Was eliminated from the spectrum because of its closness to blue and violet.

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Newton’s Indigo

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  • An object’s color is identified by the wave lengths of light it reflects.
  • The other rays are absorbed and converted into heat rays.
  • All objects absorb and reflect some light.
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Absorption - Reflection

33
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  • Reflect all colors in white light equally.
  • There is a small amount of absorption.
  • Reflected rays are not as vivid as light.
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Absorption-Reflection: White Object

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  • Absorbs all colors
  • Only a small amount of reflection
  • Object is not as dark as the absence of light
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Absorption-Reflection: Black Object

35
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The principals of light and pigment are ______.

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Different

36
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The combination of all colors.

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Light (White Light- Sunlight)

37
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The absence of all colors.

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Light- Black

38
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The combination of all colors.

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Pigment: Black

39
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Involves combining of wave lengths.

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White Light

40
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Deals with the subtraction of wave lengths.

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Pigmentary Mixtures

41
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  • Chromatic
  • Achromatic
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Types of Color

42
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Colors comparable to the colors of the spectrum plus those produced by their mixtures.

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Chromatic

43
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Colors not appearing on the visible spectrum.

  • Neutral colors: white, black, and gray.
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Achromatic

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