Components
The pure color at the base of all variations of colors
Hue
a wheel used by artists and interior designers to spot complimentary and analogue relationships between colors
color wheel
a choice of colors that are used in a combination
color scheme
what are the colors that are often associated with certain feelings (EX: blue=sadness, green=envy, yellow=happiness, etc)
Psychological and physiological effects
Warm colors and dark colors can make larger rooms seem cozier. Cool colors and light colors can make small rooms seem larger
Room size
What describes the lightness and the darkness of a color
value
red, yellow and blue are?
primary colors
Color combinations based on color wheel relationships which are widely considered to create pleasing and balanced color schemes.
color harmony
what is the color can have very different associations depending on culture
Culture
Orientation of the room to sunlight, Amount of sunlight in space, Color of electric light in the space, Location of the color in the room will affect how light changes the color
Available light
The lighter value of a hue created by adding white
tint
colors created by mixing primary colors
secondary colors
three colors spaced equally apart from one other on the color wheel (EX: yellow, red, blue)
traidic
Certain styles use particular color families (jewel tones used in Traditional style). Color forecasting services predict colors that will be popular in the near future
Trends and style
colors that have relationship to each other and our perception of color is affected by nearby colors.
Adjoining colors
The darker value of a hue by adding black
shade
what colors do you get when mixing primary and secondary colors
Tertiary colors
the shades and tints of one color on the CW (EX: Burgundy, red, pink)
Monochromatic
Texture of the colored surface affects our perception of the color.
Texture of colored surface
What is an example of a temperature on the color wheel?
yellow-green to violet
what do you call the affect on the other colors creating tints,shades,and tones
neutrals
one color and the two colors next to its complement (EX: yellow, red-violet, blue-violet)
Split-complementary