Basics
Color is an element of art that is derived from what type of light.
Reflected
When all color channels are reflected, you view this color
White
Black, white, and gray are these types of colors
Neutrals
These types or bright hue is called a high- intensity color.
Pure hues
This is the combination of one hue plus the hues on each side of its complement
Split Complementary
These are the three properties of color work together to make the colors we see.
Hue, value and intensity
When all color channels are absorbed, you view this color
Black
A light value of a hue is called
A Tint
The complement, or opposite, of a hue does this to all of the light waves that the hue returns.
Absorbs
These colors increase energy levels, physical and mental, speed up heart rates and increase blood pressure, encourage impulsiveness, increases our appetites and generally encourages expression of emotions
Warm
Red, yellow, and blue are the primary these, the name of colors in the color spectrum.
Hues
These primaries reflect two color channels
Subtractive (CMY)
This is the darkest hue because it reflects the least light.
Violet
The more complement you add to a hue, the duller the hue looks; eventually, appearing this color.
A neutral gray
All paints used in art are made up of three basic ingredients
Pigment, binder and solvent
The secondary hues are made by doing this with two primary colors.
Mixing
These primaries absorb two color channels
Additives (RGB)
If the change in value is gradual, the design produces this kind of feeling.
Calm
This is a plan for organizing colors according to their relationship on the color wheel.
Color Scheme
Artists choose these colors because they want to use color to express meaning.
Arbitrary
The six intermediate colors, or these, are made by mixing a primary color with its secondary color.
What are the three color channels of visible light.
Red, Green and Blue (RGB)
These types of paintings have shades, or dark values, which are used when the artist wants to represent dark, gloomy days, nighttime, and dusk.
Low-key
A contrast effect is the enhancement or diminishment, relative to normal, of perception, cognition or related performance as a result of successive or simultaneous exposure to a stimulus of lesser or greater value in the same dimension.
Simultaneous contrast
The 10th Commandment stated that you should recognized the difference between these three systems.
RGB, CMYK and Pantone