Art 380 Flashcards
(15 cards)
Hue
The names we give colors
Primary
3 colors that can’t be mixed by any other color
Red yellow blue
Secondary
Made by mixing the 3 primary colors
Orange green violet
Tertiary
Mix of primary and adjacent secondary colors
(6)
Yellow green Yellow orange Red orange Blue green Blue violet Red violet
Triad/ triadic
Triangle composed of 3 equally spaced colors
Primary
Secondary
3 of the tertiary
Color scheme
The way the artists limit their colors/palette
Any 3 colors
Complementary
Opposing colors on the color wheel
Red and green
Blue and orange
Violet and yellow
Analogous
Adjacent colors on the color wheel
Yellow orange
Orange
Red orange
Monochromatic
Single hue with variations of tint, tone, and shade
Dark blue medium blue light blue
Value
Lightness or darkness of a color
Light orange orange dark orange
Saturation
Intensity of a color
Dark red
medium red
light red w/gray
Dark gray
Tint
When white is added to a hue
From white to light blue to medium blue to dark blue
Tone
When grey is added to a hue
Gray to light blue to medium blue to dark blue
Shade
When black is added to a hue
Black to to dark blue
Temperature
Aspect of hue, warm or cool
Blue (c)
Orange (w)
