Primary colors (paint): Red, yellow and blue Secondary colors: Orange, green and violet Tertiary colors: Colors made by mixing a primary and a nearby secondary, like red-orange Red + yellow: Orange Yellow + blue: Green Blue + red: Violet (purple) Red + blue + yellow in equal parts: A muddy brown or gray Complementary colors: Colors opposite each other on the color wheel Complement of red: Green Complement of blue: Orange Complement of yellow: Violet Complement of orange: Blue Complement of green: Red Complement of violet: Yellow Analogous colors: Colors next to each other on the color wheel Warm colors: Reds, oranges and yellows Cool colors: Blues, greens and violets Neutral colors: Black, white, gray and brown Monochromatic: Using one hue with different tints and shades Triadic color scheme: Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel Split complementary: A color plus the two colors on each side of its complement Tetradic scheme: Two pairs of complementary colors Hue: The name of a color Value: How light or dark a color is Saturation: How pure or intense a color is Tint: A hue plus white Shade: A hue plus black Tone: A hue plus gray Pink: A tint of red Navy: A shade of blue Color wheel: A circle showing the relationships between colors Isaac Newton and color: He used a prism in the 1660s to show white light holds all colors Rainbow order: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet Primary colors (light): Red, green and blue Secondary colors (light): Cyan, magenta and yellow RGB: Red, green, blue; color model for screens CMYK: Cyan, magenta, yellow, key (black); color model for printing Additive color: Mixing light: adding colors makes white Subtractive color: Mixing pigments: adding colors makes darker colors All colors of light mixed: White All pigments mixed: A dark muddy color Which colors seem to come forward?: Warm, bright colors Which colors seem to recede?: Cool, dull colors Red often shows: Energy, danger, passion Blue often shows: Calm, peace, sadness Yellow often shows: Happiness, warning Green often shows: Nature, growth Purple often shows: Royalty, mystery Chroma: Another word for the purity of a color Pigment: Colored powder that gives paint its color Dye: A color that soaks into material Opaque: Does not let light through Transparent: Lets light through so you can see through it Translucent: Lets some light through Primary colors cannot be...: Made by mixing other colors Simultaneous contrast: How a color looks different next to another color Colorblindness: Difficulty telling certain colors apart, such as red and green Highlight: The lightest area of a painting To make a color darker: Add black or its complement To make a color lighter: Add white (or water in watercolor) Sienna and umber: Earth-tone brown pigments from clay Ultramarine: A deep blue pigment once made from lapis lazuli Vermilion: A bright red-orange pigment Free flashcards from Peabody at peabody.kids/flashcards/art-color-theory