Color Harmonies
The Color Wheel
Properties of Color
Miscellanous Color
100

another name for color harmony

what is a color scheme?

100

the number of colors on the wheel

what is 12?

100

there are _______ properties of color

what is three?

100

created by adding white to a hue

what is a tint?

200

colors directly across from each other on the wheel

what are complementary colors?

200

colors used to make orange

what is red and yellow?

200

Name the three properties of color.

hue, intensity and value

200

the reason why we see color

What is reflected light?

300

color combination that consists of three colors equally spaced on the wheel; forms a triangle on the color wheel

what is triadic?

300

group of colors created by mixing two primary colors together

what are secondary colors?

300

the lightness or darkness of a color

what is value?

300

the color we see when all light is reflected

what is white?

400

group of at least three colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel

what is analogous?

400

group of colors found in nature that are used to make all other colors

what are primary colors?

400

the name of a color

what is hue?

400

the color harmony shown below

what is monochromatic?

500

a combination of three colors found by choosing a color on the wheel, finding its complement and splitting the complement to include the two surrounding colors

what is split complementary?

500

colors created by mixing a primary and secondary color

what are tertiary or intermediate colors?

500

the brightness or dullness of a color

what is intensity?

500

this group of colors is not found on the color wheel

what are neutrals?

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