Psychology of Color
The Color Wheel
Color Schemes
Visual Design
Vocabulary
100

This color is usually associated with nature, healing, freshness and quality

Green

100

Red is opposite what color on the color wheel? 

Cyan

100

What does it mean if a color scheme is monochromatic?

Everything is a shade of one color
100
How can we create emphasis? 
Position, Size, Color, Font
100

A color or shade refers to the what? 

Hue

200

This color is usually considered to represent trust, compassion, loyalty and competence

Blue

200

Blue is opposite what color on the color wheel? 

Yellow

200
What does it mean if a color scheme is analogous? 

All the colors used are next to each other on the color wheel.

200

This comes from equally weighted elements on either side of a symmetrical line

Balance

200

This term refers to the intensity of a color.

Saturation

300

This color is usually associated with compassion, sincerity, sophistication and sweetness.

Pink
300

Green is opposite what color on the color wheel?

Magenta

300
This color scheme uses colors from opposite sides of the color wheel.

Complimentary

300

What does contrast do? 

Separates elements

300

This quality is determined by the amount of shade mixed with the hue.

Brightness

400

This color is usually associated with confidence, success, bravery, and sociability.

Orange
400

What color is between red and yellow on the color wheel? 

Orange

400

How many colors are included in the Triadic color scheme? 

Three

400

When visual design guides your eyes from point to point, creating a story, the design is said to have what? 

Movement.

400
This design concept can create unity in a design by ensuring that everything is used more than once.

Repetition

500

This color is usually associated with sophistication, formality, drama, and death.

Black

500
What color is between yellow and green on the color wheel? 

Leaf green

500

How many colors are used in a tetradic color scheme?

Four.
500

The size of an element in relations to other elements refers to it's what? 

Proportion

500

What is the term for space on a design that does not include any elements?

Negative Space 

M
e
n
u