Color Groups
A tool artists use to organize colors (usually seen in a circle form)
The color wheel
Which primary colors do you mix to get orange?
Yellow and Red
An element of art that refers to the lightness and darkness of a color.
What is value?
What does intensity mean when it comes to color?
The brightness or purity of a color (true hue)
Which color from the color wheel would be considered the "lease powerful" or "weakest"?
Yellow
Name the 3 primary colors
Red, Yellow, Blue
Which primary colors do you mix to get green?
Blue and Yellow
The truest and most vibrant version of a color (straight from the bottle)
True hue
What kinds of colors do you mix to create tones of intensity?
Complementary colors
Which is NOT a complementary color pair?
A) Blue and orange
B) Green and red
C) Violet and orange
D) Yellow and violet
C) Violet and orange
Name the 3 secondary colors
Green, orange, violet
Which primary colors do you mix to get violet?
Blue and Red
These are lighter values (adding white to a color).
Tints
Does this painting use low intensity or high intensity colors?
Low intensity
What are the 3 cool colors?
Green, blue, violet
What are tertiary/intermediate colors. Name one.
Double points if you can name all 6.
Colors in between the primary and secondary colors.
Red-Violet, Red-Orange, Blue-Violet, Blue-Green, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green
What color do you get when you mix 2 complementary colors together?
Brown/Grey
These are darker values (adding black to a color).
Shades
Describe colors with high intensity
Bright, colorful, vibrant, bold
What are the 3 warm colors?
Red, orange, yellow
What are colors that are opposite on the color wheel called? Name one pair.
Double points if you can name all 3 pairs.
Complementary colors
Blue/Orange, Yellow/Purple, Red/Green
What color do you get when you mix all 3 primary colors together?
Black
Describe colors with low intensity
Dull, muted, faded, grey
How do you mix the color pink?
Red and white