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Color Theory
Primary, secondary and complementary colors, warm and cool colors, and how colors mix.
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- Primary colors (paint)QuestionRed, yellow and blue
- Secondary colorsQuestionOrange, green and violet
- Tertiary colorsQuestionColors made by mixing a primary and a nearby secondary, like red-orange
- Red + yellowQuestionOrange
- Yellow + blueQuestionGreen
- Blue + redQuestionViolet (purple)
- Red + blue + yellow in equal partsQuestionA muddy brown or gray
- Complementary colorsQuestionColors opposite each other on the color wheel
- Complement of redQuestionGreen
- Complement of blueQuestionOrange
- Complement of yellowQuestionViolet
- Complement of orangeQuestionBlue
- Complement of greenQuestionRed
- Complement of violetQuestionYellow
- Analogous colorsQuestionColors next to each other on the color wheel
- Warm colorsQuestionReds, oranges and yellows
- Cool colorsQuestionBlues, greens and violets
- Neutral colorsQuestionBlack, white, gray and brown
- MonochromaticQuestionUsing one hue with different tints and shades
- Triadic color schemeQuestionThree colors evenly spaced on the color wheel
- Split complementaryQuestionA color plus the two colors on each side of its complement
- Tetradic schemeQuestionTwo pairs of complementary colors
- HueQuestionThe name of a color
- ValueQuestionHow light or dark a color is
- SaturationQuestionHow pure or intense a color is
- TintQuestionA hue plus white
- ShadeQuestionA hue plus black
- ToneQuestionA hue plus gray
- PinkQuestionA tint of red
- NavyQuestionA shade of blue
- Color wheelQuestionA circle showing the relationships between colors
- Isaac Newton and colorQuestionHe used a prism in the 1660s to show white light holds all colors
- Rainbow orderQuestionRed, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violetROY G. BIV
- Primary colors (light)QuestionRed, green and blue
- Secondary colors (light)QuestionCyan, magenta and yellow
- RGBQuestionRed, green, blue; color model for screens
- CMYKQuestionCyan, magenta, yellow, key (black); color model for printing
- Additive colorQuestionMixing light: adding colors makes white
- Subtractive colorQuestionMixing pigments: adding colors makes darker colors
- All colors of light mixedQuestionWhite
- All pigments mixedQuestionA dark muddy color
- Which colors seem to come forward?QuestionWarm, bright colors
- Which colors seem to recede?QuestionCool, dull colors
- Red often showsQuestionEnergy, danger, passion
- Blue often showsQuestionCalm, peace, sadness
- Yellow often showsQuestionHappiness, warning
- Green often showsQuestionNature, growth
- Purple often showsQuestionRoyalty, mystery
- ChromaQuestionAnother word for the purity of a color
- PigmentQuestionColored powder that gives paint its color
- DyeQuestionA color that soaks into material
- OpaqueQuestionDoes not let light through
- TransparentQuestionLets light through so you can see through it
- TranslucentQuestionLets some light through
- Primary colors cannot be...QuestionMade by mixing other colors
- Simultaneous contrastQuestionHow a color looks different next to another color
- ColorblindnessQuestionDifficulty telling certain colors apart, such as red and green
- HighlightQuestionThe lightest area of a painting
- To make a color darkerQuestionAdd black or its complement
- To make a color lighterQuestionAdd white (or water in watercolor)
- Sienna and umberQuestionEarth-tone brown pigments from clay
- UltramarineQuestionA deep blue pigment once made from lapis lazuli
- VermilionQuestionA bright red-orange pigment
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