TEST 2 Flashcards
Additive color
color created with beams of light
Substractive color
color created when white light reflects off pigminted surface
Color interaction
How one color influences another
Hue
Determined by the wavelength of a color
Value
relative darkness or lightness in a color
intensity
purity of a color
Monochromatice color system
variations of a single hue, creates unity since al colors are strongly related
Analagouse color system
adjacent colors of the color wheel, also created unity but with more variety
Complementary color system
opposite colors of the color wheel, creates more of an impact and power.
tint
Mixure of a color with white
Tone
Mixure of a color with gray (both white and black)
Sahde
Mixure of a color with black
simultanious contrast
Apparat change in a color when paired with another color.
process color
cyan, magenta and yellow mostly used in digital printing and mass production
primary colors
cyan, magenta and yellow
