Color Models
Science of Color
Definitions
Color Wheel
Wheel Locations
100

Used in screen based media.

What is RGB color model?

100

Purity and cleanliness.

What is white?

100

Another name for color.

What is hue?

100

Colors found directly opposite each other on the color wheel.

What are complimentary colors?

100

These colors make up the primary triad.

What are red, yellow, and blue?

200

The "K" in CMYK.

What is key or black?

200

Lack of experience and healing powers.

What is green?

200

The intensity of a color like bright blue or dull blue.

What is saturation?

200

This tone includes red, orange, and yellow.

What is a warm tone?

200

The name for colors made by mixing one primary color with one secondary color.

What is a tertiary color?

300

Defines the printing process.

What is CMYK?

300

Sometimes illness, caution or cheerfulness.

What is yellow?

300

Mono chroma.

What is one color?

300

This palette is made up of three colors adjacent to each other on the wheel.

What is an analogous color palette?

300

The shape that describes the primary and secondary triads?

What is a triangle?

400

This color model mixes a limited set of colors to create a wider range of colors.

What is the subtractive color model?

400

Rich pigment worn by magicians and royalty.

What is purple?

400

A color that black has been added to.

What is a shade?

400

This color tone makes you feel calm, relaxed, and refreshed.

What is a cool tone?

400

What we get when we mix two primary colors.

What is a secondary color?

500

Digital color model that mixes red, green, and blue with light.

What is the additive color model?

500

Most popular color in advertising, symbolizes truth, stability, and power.

What is blue?

500

A color that gray has been added to.

What is a tone?

500

These colors are made by mixing complimentary colors.

What are neutral colors?

500

Another name for the primary colors.

What are the "mother colors"?

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