Vocab Flashcards
Achromatic
Something seen in only neutrals(black and white)
Additive Colour
Colour created by light rays coming together
Analogous colours
Colours next to each other on the colour wheel
Chroma
Purity or intensity of a hue
Chromatic
A term used when describing colour
Chromatic value
Degree of light or darkness of a certain colour
Colour
The visual response of different wavelengths of sunlight
Colour tetrad
4 colours equally spaced on the colour wheel. Contains a complement and its primary
Colour triad
Three colours equally spaced on the colour wheel that form an equilateral triangle
High-key colour
Any colour that have a middle grey value or higher
Hue
Generic term for colour designates colours position on colour wheel
Intensity
The saturation or purity of a colour
Intermediate colour
A colour produced by mixing a primary and a secondary
Local(objective) colour
Colour as seen in reality
Low-key colour
Any colour with a value of middle grey or darker
Neutralized colour
A colour that has been greyed or reduced by mixing it with neutrals
Neutrals
No hue just light and dark (greys)
Patina
What makes copper turn green
Pigment
A colour substance that gives another material its colour
Primary colour
A colour that can not be reduced down further
Shade
Produced by mixing black with a hue
Simultaneous contrast
When two colours come together and the contrast intensifies the colours differences
Spectrum
A band of colour that results when a beam of light is broken up
Split-complements
A colour and the two colours on either side of its complement
Subjective colour
A colour that is created in the mind and is not physically there
Tertiary colour
Colour from mixing all three primaries
Tone
The change of a colours intensity
Value
The degree of light or darkness of a colour
