Color Theory
Color Meanings
Color Values
Color Schemes
Wild Card
100
Colors that cannot be made but are used to make all of the other colors.
What are the primary colors?
100
This color can mean: Happiness, attention-seeking, energy.
What is the color yellow?
100
The definition of Value as an element of art.
What is "the difference between light and dark"?
100
One hue with all of the tints and shades.
What is a monochromatic color scheme?
100
What is another word for pure color?
What is hue?
200
A diagram or picture that is used to help organize all of the colors.
What is the color wheel?
200
This color can mean: Freshness, nature, growth, health.
What is green?
200
Hue plus white.
What is tint?
200
Colors that are across from each other on the color wheel. Name the scheme AND give a example.
What is the complementary color scheme? R/G, B/O, Y/P, etc.
200
This color scheme has little amount of contrast but it has strong unity.
What is the analogous color scheme?
300
Secondary colors are created by mixing these two things. Give the term AND an example of a secondary color.
What are two primary colors? Example: Y, G, O
300
This color can mean: royalty, power, wealth, and ambition.
What is purple?
300
Hue plus black.
What is shade?
300
Red, Yellow and Orange. These colors come forward in space.
What are warm colors?
300
There are two kinds of painting techniques. _______ is solid and not see through. _______ allows other colors to be seen through.
What is opaque and transparent?
400
When you mix a secondary color plus a primary color? Give the name of kind of color AND an example.
What is a tertiary color? Example: RV, BG, YO, etc.
400
This color can mean: Danger, war, intense, passion.
What is red?
400
Hue plus grey.
What is tone?
400
These are the three cool colors. They tend to recede back in space.
What is blue, green and purple?
400
This color scheme is often used in advertising, logos and sports teams because it has high contrast.
What is the complementary color scheme?
500
This tertiary color is between red and orange on the color wheel.
What is red-orange?
500
This color can mean: Enthusiasm, warm, stimulating.
What is Orange?
500
Mint green is to a tint as forest green is to a ____
What is a shade?
500
3-5 colors directly next to each on color wheel. Name the scheme AND give a example.
What is analogous color scheme? R, RO, O, YO. B, BG, G, YG. etc.
500
Name two Tertiary colors that are also warm colors.
What are two of the following: RO, YO, RV?