Vocabulary 1
What are the three primary colors?
Red, Yellow, and Blue
What are the three warm colors?
Red, Orange, Yellow
Red and Blue make...
Purple
Monochromatic means
1 color
Who was the first scientist to research the science of colors? (Same scientist that first described gravity)
Sir Isaac Newton
What are the three secondary colors?
Orange, Green, and Purple
What are the three cool colors?
Blue, Green, Purple
Yellow and Blue make...
Green
Colors that are opposite to each other on the color wheel (ex. Red and Green) are called...
Complimentary
What emotions are associated with cool colors?
Calmness, relaxation, or sadness
How many colors are there on the wheel we used?
12
What does hue mean?
Color
Red and Yellow make...
Orange
Wild card! Free points!
Yay!!!
A pixel on a screen (TV, Phone, etc) is made up of what 3 colors?
Red, Blue, Green
What is an example of a neutral color?
Black, White, or Brown
What does value mean?
The lightness/darkness of the color
Red and Purple make...
Red-Purple
An example of a triad color scheme (3 colors equal distance from each other) would be...
Red-Blue-Yellow
or
Orange-Green-Purple
What is color?
Different wavelengths of light
What is an example of a tertiary color?
Blue-Green, Blue-Purple, Yellow-Green, Yellow-Orange, Red-Orange, Red-Purple
If something has a low saturation does it have bright colors or is it black and white?
Black and white
Red and Green make...
A neutral color (grey/brown)
A color scheme of Red, Orange, and Yellow (colors that are next to each other on the color wheel) is called
Analogous
Which 3 colors do the receptors in our eyes perceive?
Red, Green, Blue