Basics
pure hue plus white
What is a tint?
intensity of the color.
What is saturation?
two colors opposite on the color wheel
What is a complimentary harmony?
the first thing and most important element people see in a floral design
What is color?
number of hues around the color wheel
What is 12?
pure hue plus gray
What is a tone?
a circular arrangement of colors organized by their chromatic relationship to one another. The primary colors are equidistant from each other on the wheel, and secondary and tertiary colors sit between them
What is the color wheel?
three colors located at equal distance from each other on the color wheel.
What is a triadic harmony?
pure hue plus black
What is shade?
Red, Yellow, Blue
What are primary colors?
One group of colors in the color wheel is associated with the sun, warmth and fire.
What are warm colors?
aesthetically pleasing color combinations based on geometric shapes around the color wheel.
What are color harmonies?
consisting of one hue (color) and tints, tones and shades of that one color.
What is a monochromatic harmony?
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo & Violet
What is the visible light spectrum?
Green, Orange, Purple
What are secondary colors?
Another group of colors in the color wheel, green, blue and purple, leave an opposite feeling of warmth
What are cool colors?
the basis for the primary rules and guidelines that surround color and its use in creating aesthetically pleasing visuals.
What is color theory?
three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel
What is an analogous harmony?
developed the first known theory of color
Who is Aristotle?
Red-Orange, Red-Purple, Blue-Purple, Blue-Green, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green
What are tertiary colors?
pure color—one without tint or shade.
What is a hue?
the science of the study of hues as a determinant of human behavior and involves the messages colors communicate.
What is color psychology?
Consists of one primary color and two colors adjacent to its complement which is on the opposite side of the wheel.
What is a Split-Complementary Harmony?
uses four colors arranged into two complementary pairs. harmony that forms a rectangular shade.
What is a tetradic color harmony?
Who is the inventor of the modern day 12-hue color wheel we use today?