Color Basics
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Color 101
Name That Color
100

An Element of Art that is derived from reflective light.

Color.

100

Mixing two primary colors creates this.

A secondary color.

100

Using a hue with all of it's tints, tones, and shades.

Monochromatic.

100
Colors that recede from a viewer.

Cool Colors.

100

Located in between Red and Blue; a secondary color.

Purple/Violet
200

A tool used to show the relations of colors.

Color Wheel.

200

Modifying a color by adding black creates this.

Shade.

200

Colors that are polar opposite of one another on the color wheel.

Complimentary Colors.

200

The degree of lightness or darkness of a color.

Value.

200

The colors that cannot be created by any combination of other colors.

Red, Blue, and Yellow.

300

A pure color, one without tint or shade.

Hue.

300

A lighter version of a color is made by using ____.

The Addition of White.

300

Three colors that are equal distance apart on the color wheel.

Triad Colors.

300

Colors that move toward a viewer.

Warm Colors.

300

The color opposite of green.

Red.

400

There are ____ colors on a color wheel. (One that includes primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.)

12.

400

Adding neutrals to a color creates this.

Tone.

400

Three or more colors that are adjacent to one another on the color wheel.

Analogous.

400

Mixing a primary color with a secondary color creates this.

Intermediate Colors.

400

The colors adjacent to yellow-orange.

Yellow and Orange.

500

Which acronym is used to describe the sequence of hues commonly found in nature.

ROYGBIV.

500

Mixing two complimentary colors together creates this.

A Neutral Color.

500

A color scheme that uses one color and a color on each side of its complement.

Split Complementary.

500

The brightness or dullness of a hue.

Intensity.

500

Orange is in a triad with what two hues?

Green and Purple.

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