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Vocab Flashcards

1
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Accent lighting

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Lighting layer that highlights or builds emphasis, also known as key lighting

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Achromatic

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Free of Colour, without Colour, colourless

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Analogous

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Three or more colours that are adjacent on the Colour wheel

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Balance

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Achieving color or design stability of harmony

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5
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Black

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Absence of all Colour

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Chroma

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Another word for Colour or hue. The amount of saturation in a Colour.

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Colour

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An attribute of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object usually determined visually by measurement of hue.

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Colour scheme

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Descriptive term used to describe a combination of colours used in art or design also relating to the colours value and intensity.

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Contrast

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Comparison of two or more colours in such a way that enables them to be different

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Contrast of hue

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The interaction between two or more different colours

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Gray

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A mixture of black and white

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12
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Halogen

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A type of incandescent lighting containing halogen gas

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13
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Lamp

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Technical term for light bulb

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14
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Mood

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The feeling a combination of colours and design elements convey to the viewer.

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LED

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Light emitting diode. A semiconductor diode that emits light when an electrical current is applied in the forward direction of the device.

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16
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Natural light

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A combination of light from the sun, moon, sky and atmosphere

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Scale

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The concept of size relationship

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Shade

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A darker value of a pure hue, made by adding black.

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Space

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The distance, void or interaction between objects

20
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Split complement

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One color paired with two colours on either side of its direct complement.

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Value

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The amount of lighting or darkness of a Colour.

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White

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Essence of all colour

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