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Color History
The Color Wheel
The Color Wheel (Pt. II)
Color Temperature
Analogous Colors
100

Many artists define this as "reflected light."

What is "Color"

100

This historical figure famously created the Color Wheel. His theories were based upon his observations of glass prisms combined with light.

Who is "Sir Isaac Newton"

100

When pronouncing a tertiary color, the artist always says this color first.

What is the "primary color"

100
Color Temperature refers to what?

What is how "warm or cool" a color looks

100

Colors that sit beside one another on the color wheel are referred to as this.

What are "Analogous Colors"
200

These colors were first recorded in the "Pre-Historic Palette" used in Cave Art.

What are "Black, White, Red, Brown, Yellow"

200

All colors on the Color Wheel stem from these primary colors.

What are "yellow, blue, and red"

200
To create the tertiary color "red orange," an artist must mix more of this color with orange.
What is "red"
200

Red, Orange, and Yellow fall into this color temperature.

What is a "warm temperature"
200

When using Analogous Colors, an artist usually chooses to use this many colors in the set.

What is "three" colors

300

This is the powdery substance used to create color in paint.

What is a "Pigment"

300

When an artist mixes this amount of two primary colors, they create a secondary color.

What are "equal amounts"

300

When mixing red and yellow, an artist produces this color.

What is "orange" or a "secondary color"

300
Blue is described as what type of color?

What is a "cool" color

300

This artist used analogous colors in his "superimposed" square art.

Who is "Josef Albers"

400

This is the component used in paint to hold pigments together.

What is a "binder"

400

These colors make up the secondary colors on the Color Wheel.

What are "green, purple, and orange"

400

When mixing blue and green, an artist produces this color.

What is "blue green," or a "tertiary color."
400
Think of Blue-Purple and Red-Purple. Red-Purple falls into this color temperature category.

What is a "warm color."

400

In the 60, 30, 10 rule of design, the 10 represents this.

What is "the accent color"

500

This historical figure proposed that the two primary colors (yellow & blue) emitted from a heavenly deity.

Who is "Aristotle"

500

When an artist mixes one primary color and one secondary color, they create this color.

What is a "tertiary color"

500

The Color Wheel is composed of various Color Schemes. Color Schemes help an artist determine this when using colors.

What is "the relationship between colors"

500
A viewer looking at a painting full of "cool colors" (especially blues) might start to feel this way.

What is "sad"

500

When an artist uses a primary color as the main color, these colors will be used as the support and accent colors.

What are "tertiary colors"