Color Vocabulary
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- Name given to a specific color
- Hue
- Diagram used to show char. of colors and to develop color schemes; 12 colors, 3 primary, 3 secondary, & 6 tertiary
- Color Wheel
- Red, Yellow, & Blue; all other colors are made from these three hues
- Primary Colors
- created by combining equal amounts of 2 primary colors; orange, green, & violet
- Secondary Colors
- created combining equal amounts of one primary and one secondary
- Intermediate or Tertiary Colors
- colors taht are directly oposite each other on the color wheel
- Complementry Colors
- contains 2 or more variations of the color hue
- Monochromatic Color Scheme
- uses colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel
- Analogous Color Wheel
- Describes the lightness or darkness of a color
- Value
- color combined with varying degrees of white
- tint
- color combined with varying degrees of black
- shade
- color combined with varying degrees of grey
- tone
- brightness or dullness of a color
- Intensity
- White, grey, black
- Primary Neutral Colors
- red, yellow, orange
- warm colors