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Colour Theory Fundies Sheridan > Vocab > Flashcards

Vocab Flashcards

1
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Achromatic

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Something seen in only neutrals(black and white)

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Additive Colour

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Colour created by light rays coming together

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Analogous colours

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Colours next to each other on the colour wheel

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Chroma

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Purity or intensity of a hue

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5
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Chromatic

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A term used when describing colour

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Chromatic value

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Degree of light or darkness of a certain colour

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Colour

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The visual response of different wavelengths of sunlight

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Colour tetrad

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4 colours equally spaced on the colour wheel. Contains a complement and its primary

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Colour triad

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Three colours equally spaced on the colour wheel that form an equilateral triangle

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10
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High-key colour

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Any colour that have a middle grey value or higher

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Hue

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Generic term for colour designates colours position on colour wheel

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Intensity

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The saturation or purity of a colour

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13
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Intermediate colour

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A colour produced by mixing a primary and a secondary

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14
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Local(objective) colour

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Colour as seen in reality

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Low-key colour

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Any colour with a value of middle grey or darker

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Neutralized colour

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A colour that has been greyed or reduced by mixing it with neutrals

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Neutrals

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No hue just light and dark (greys)

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Patina

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What makes copper turn green

19
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Pigment

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A colour substance that gives another material its colour

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Primary colour

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A colour that can not be reduced down further

21
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Shade

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Produced by mixing black with a hue

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Simultaneous contrast

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When two colours come together and the contrast intensifies the colours differences

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Spectrum

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A band of colour that results when a beam of light is broken up

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Split-complements

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A colour and the two colours on either side of its complement

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Subjective colour

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A colour that is created in the mind and is not physically there

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Tertiary colour

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Colour from mixing all three primaries

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Tone

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The change of a colours intensity

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Value

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The degree of light or darkness of a colour

Colour Theory Fundies Sheridan (2 decks)

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