an arrangement of colors in a circular format
What is color wheel
colors often associated with water, sky, spring, and foliage and suggest coolness; these are the colors that contain blue and green and appear on one side of the color wheel, opposite the warm colors
What is Cool Colors
a color not associated with a hue-such as black, white, or a gray
What is Neutral Color
colors that cannot be made by the artist - red, yellow, and blue
What is Primary Colors
a measurement of either length, width, or depth
What is Dimension
a plan for selecting or organizing color; warm, cool, neutral, monochromatic, analogous, complementary, split-complementary and triad
What is Color Scheme
colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel
What is Complementary Colors
the use of only one color and its different values in a work of art
What is Monochromatic
the results of mixing two primary colors in equal amounts; orange, green, and violet
What is Secondary Colors
an area of an artwork the attracts the viewer's eye
What is Focal Point
colors that are closely related because they have one hue in common; analogous colors appear next to one another on the color wheel
What is analogous colors
the quality of brightness and purity of a color
What is Intensity
colors to which darker color or black has been added
What is Shades
colors to which a lighter shade white has been added; a light value of a pure color; pink
What is Tint
the intensity of a color-the brightness of a hue
What is Chroma
The name of a color
What is Hue
in a scene or artwork, the part that appears closest to you
What is Foreground
any three colors spaced an equal distance apart on the color wheel
What is Color Triad
colors produced by mixing unequal amounts of two primary colors; also known as tertiary colors
What is Intermediate Colors
reducing or distorting shapes to give the illusion of three-dimensional space as it is actually seen by the human eye
What is Foreshortening