Vocabulary
Types of Colors
Color Schemes
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Color Mixing
100

What does "Value" mean?

How light or dark the hue is

100

What are the 3 warm color families?

Red, Orange, and Yellow

100

Give an example of a Cool Color

Green, Blue, Violet, etc

100

What is a "Color Wheel"?

A circular tool used to identify colors

100

What two colors make "Red-Violet"?

Red and Violet

200

What does "Hue" mean?

The name of the color

200

What are the 3 cool color families?

Green, Blue, and Purple

200

Give an example of a Warm Color

Red, Orange, Yellow, etc

200

What are "Complementary Colors"? (Explain what it means, not examples)

Colors that are opposites on the color wheel

200

What two colors make Green?

Blue and Yellow

300

What does "Intensity" mean?

How bright or dull the hue is

300

What are the 3 Primary Colors?

Red, Yellow, and Blue

300

Give an example of a "Tertiary Color"

Example: Blue-Green

300

Explain what a primary colors is (not an example)

A color that cannot be made by mixing other colors together (source of all colors)

300

What two colors make Orange?

Red and Yellow

400

What does "Monochromatic" mean?

Different values of one color

400

What are the 3 Secondary Colors?

Orange, Green, and Violet

400

Give an example of 3 Analogous Colors

Example: Red, Red-Orange, Orange

400

Explain what a "Secondary Color" is (not an example)

A color made by mixing two primary colors together

400

What two colors make Violet (purple)?

Red and Blue

500

What are "Analogous Colors"?

Colors that are "neighbors" on the color wheel

500

What are the 6 tertiary colors

Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet, or Red-Violet

500

Name all three sets of Complementary colors

Red & Green, Yellow & Violet (purple), Blue & Orange

500

Explain what a "Tertiary Color" is (not an example)

Colors made by mixing a primary color and a secondary color - In between each primary and secondary color on the color wheel

500

What two colors make Red?

NONE - Red is a Primary color

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