Colour Theory 1
A colour with a soft subdue appearance.
Pastels
A mixture of hue with black.
Shade
A mixture of hue with white.
Tint
This term refers to the lightness or darkness of a colour.
Value
These colours occur without mixing.
Primary Colours
The pure colour or element of the colour wheel with no tint or shade added.
Hue
These occur as a result of mixing two primary colours in even proportion.
Secondary Colours
This type of colour falls directly opposite each other on the colour wheel.
Complementary
A mixture of hue with grey.
Tone
These occur as a result of mixing two primary colours in uneven proportion.
Tertiary Colours
Reds, Yellows, Oranges are examples of _________.
Warm Colours
This term refers to the brightness or dullness of a colour,
Intensity
An instrument used to measure the intensity of a colour
Colorimeter
These colours do not appear on the colour wheel
Neutrals
A colour palette composing of values of one color.
Monochrome/ Monochromatic
Purple and Yellow, Green and red, Orange and blue are examples of this type of colour.
Complementary
Chroma means colour in what language.
Greek
Two or more colors that are side by side on the color wheel and often contain the same primary color
Analogous colors
These are examples of Secondary Colours.
Blues, Greens, Purples
Blues, Greens, Purples are examples of _________.
Cool Colours
The purity of a color.
Chroma/Chromacity
This transparent solid with refractive surfaces, splits white light into different colours.
Prism
These Re the examples of Primary Colours
Red, Yellow, Orange
This was invented by Isaac Newton in 1666.
Colour wheel
This term also refers to the intensity of a colour.
Saturation