Color principles – Flashcards
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Anti-Trust Acts
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Federal law to to stop the abuse of a big business.
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Achromatic
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relating to, employing, or denoting lenses that transmit light without separating it into constituent colors.
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Analogous color
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groups of three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel, sharing a common color, with one being the dominant color, which tends to be a primary or secondary color, and a tertiary.
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Brightness
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the quality or state of giving out or reflecting light.
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chromaticity
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the quality of color, independent of brightness.
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CMYK
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subtractive color model, used in color printing, and is also used to describe the printing process itself.
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Color Context
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perception of color changes
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Color Harmony
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the theory of combining colors in a fashion that is harmonious to the eye.
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Color Scheme
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the choice of colors used in design for a range of media.
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Color Theory
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a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual effects of a specific color combination.
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Color Wheel
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a circle with different colored sectors used to show the relationship between colors.
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Complementary Colors
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The three traditional sets of complimentary colors, as derived from the Red-Yellow-Blue color model, are red and green, yellow and purple, and orange and blue
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Contrast
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the state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something in juxtaposition or close association.
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Cool Colors
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cool colors are often said to be the hues from blue green through blue violet, most grays included.
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Hexadecimal color
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a way of specifying color using hexadecimal values.
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Hue
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a color or shade.
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Luminance
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the intensity of light emitted from a surface per unit area in a given direction
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Monochromatic Color
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derived from a single base hue and extended using its shades, tones and tints. Tints are achieved by adding white and shades and tones are achieved by adding a darker color, grey or black.
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Neutral Colors
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eutrals such as beige, ivory, taupe, black, gray and shades of white appear to be without color, but in many applications these hues often have undertones.
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Polychrome
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varied coloring.
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Primary Color
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a set of pigments, colored lights, or abstract elements of a mathematical color space model that can be combined in varying amounts to produce a range or "gamut" of colors
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Pure color
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a color evoked by homogeneous spectral light.
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purity
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freedom from adulteration or contamination.
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RGB
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reflected light color system.
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Saturation
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the state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed, combined with, or added.
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Secondary Color
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a color resulting from the mixing of two primary colors.
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Shade
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comparative darkness and coolness caused by shelter from direct sunlight.
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Shadow
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A shadow is a dark area where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object.
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Tertiary colors
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Tertiary colors are combinations of primary and secondary colours. There are six tertiary colors; red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, and red-violet.
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tint
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a shade or variety of color.
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tone
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a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength.
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Triadic color
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Triadic color harmonies tend to be quite vibrant, even if you use pale or unsaturated versions of your hues.
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value
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the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.
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warm colors
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Warm colors are often said to be hues from red through yellow, browns and tans included; cool colors are often said to be the hues from blue green through blue violet, most grays included.
