Color Vocab
Color Use
Color Psych
Deeper Meanings
Color Models
100

Another name for pure color

What is Hue?

100

Used to make items pop from a page.

What are Warm Colors?

100

Symbolizes innocence, goodness, and humility.

What is White?

100
Every piece, if designed well, should be able to function in these 2 colors.

What is Black and White?

100

Blue and Orange, Yellow and Violet.

What is Complementary colors?

200

Colors that cannot be created from any other colors when mixed

What are Primary Colors

200

This color palette tends to recede in a page and can help with eye travel.

What are Cool Colors?

200

Is most popular in home decorating.

What is Green?

200

Considered a "Game Changer" when selecting color.

What is Audience?

200

Purple, Orange, and Green.

What are Secondary Colors?

300

Complementary colors mixed together create these.

What are Neutrals?
300

The most popular color in fashion retail advertising.

What is Black?

300

Said to be an energy drainer.

What is Pink?

300

The psychology of color affects these within humans.

What are feelings and/or emotions?

300

Red Orange, Red-Violet, and Green.

What is a Split-Complementary triad?

400

A set of colors that are equidistant from each other on the wheel.

What is a Triad?

400

A graphic designer should never select color using this.

What is Personal Preference?

400

Comfort and security, as well as solid and reliable.

What is Brown?

400

Region, location, values and beliefs are some of what make up this.

What is Culture?

400

Yellow, Yellow-Green, Green, and Blue-Green.

What is Analogous?

500

These colors are created from thin streams of blue, green, and red light and make up your RGB color palette.

What is Additive Color?

500

Knowing this can help you to make better color choices when creating Ads.

What is Knowing Your Competition?

500

Linked to improved concentration and faster metabolism.

What is Yellow?

500

These TWO colors have both a positive and negative meaning and were specifically discussed.

What are Red and Blue?

500

This changes as gray is added.

What is Saturation?