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color terms

Learn these color terms for Ms. Hamil's class.

Terms

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Opaque
Not clear
Purple or Violet
What you mix with yellow to make a darker shade of yellow?
Translucent
Light can pass through
Primary
When naming a tertiary color do you say the primary or secondary part of the name first?
Yellow-Green
The complementary color to Red-Violet?
Green
What you mix with red to make a darker shade of red?
Green
The complementary color to Red?
water (soap helps too)
What do you use to clean up Acrylic paint.
Tertiary Colors
The colors made by combining primary and secondary colors.
Dark blue
Mixing blue and a smaller amount of orange gives you?
Triad
A group of three hues that are equidistant from one another on a standard color wheel.
Purple or Violet
Mixing Red and Blue gives you?
Dark Orange
Mixing Orange and a smaller amount of blue gives you?
Ruins the brush
Why should you not let acrylic dry into a brush?
Triad
The three primary colors and the three secondary colors for example each form a ________.
Shades
Colors (hues) made darker in value by the addition of the complementary color (essentially adding black)
Primary colors
RED YELLOW BLUE
bristles up
After cleaning a brush thoroughly with soap and water, how should you store and dry it?
Primary
This type of color is complementary to a secondary color.
Light Red (pink)
Mixing red with white gives you?
Analogous Colors
Closely related colors especially those in which we can see on common hue. They usually are adjacent to each other on a standard color wheel.
Tertiary Colors
Yellow-Orange Yellow-Green Red-Orange Red-Violet Blue-Violet Blue-Green
Tints
Colors (hues) made lighter in value by the addition of white
Light Yellow
Mixing yellow with white give you?
Green
Mixing Blue and Yellow gives you?
Acrylic dries fast
Why is is important to keep the storage palettes closed when not in use
Black
What you get by mixing all 3 primaries with more blue than yellow or red
Warm hues
Subjective description of a color based on association of a particular hue with physical sensations of heat.
Secondary Colors
ORANGE PURPLE GREEN
Dark Red
Mixing Red with a smaller amount of green gives you?
Orange
Mixing Red and Yellow give you?
Red-Orange
The complementary color to Blue-Green?
Complementary
Juxtaposing a pair of these kind of colors can create a sense of drama or unease called chromatic tension.
Primary Colors
The 3 colors that cannot be produced by a mixture of other colors
wax paper
What do we use as a mixing palette in 108
Brown
What you get by mixing all 3 primaries with more yellow and red than blue.
Secondary Colors
The colors obtained by mixing two primary colors.
Cool Hues
Subjective description of a color based on association of a particular hue with physical sensations of cold.
Blue
The complementary color to Orange?
Monochromatic
Different tints and shades of one color (hue)
Yellow
The complementary color to Purple or Violet?
Orange
What you mix with blue to make a darker shade of blue?
clean water
If you want acrylic paint to be thinner and more like water color what should you add?
Complementary Colors
Two colors that are directly opposite one another on a standard color wheel.

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