Type of Colors
Red, yellow, and blue
What is Primary Colors?
Pure color, without a tint or a shade.
What is Hue?
Uses the values and intensities of just one color
What is Monochromatic?
A circular diagram developed by Sir Isaac Newton of colors in 1666. Since then, scientists and artists have studied and designed numerous variations of this concept.
What is the Color Wheel?
Purple, orange, and green
What is secondary colors?
A color combination of a hue with white makes the color lighter, but not necessarily brighter
What is Tint?
Colors which sit next to each other on the color wheel and share similar colors.
What is Analogous?
Red
Green
Sometimes called Intermediate colors
What is Tertiary Colors?
The mixture of a hue with gray. To get a tone you have to add not only black but also white to a hue. It’s also called saturation. This way the color will be less intense.
What is tone?
the colors which sit completely opposite one another on the color wheel.
What is complementary colors?
Purple
Yellow
The strongest primary color
What is Red?
The combination of black and a pure hue. Makes a color darker and more intense. Yet, it is advisable to be careful when you create the shade of a color since adding black to a hue can be tricky at times.
What is shade?
A scheme involves the use of three colors. Start with one color, find its complement and then use the two colors on either side of it. For example, the complement of blue-green is red-orange
What is Split-Complementary?
Blue
Orange
The strength of a color
What is intensity?
The system for understanding color relationships
What is law of color?
Colors that appears muted and lacking bright color
What is Neutral?
Red-Orange
What is Blue-Green?