color

Question 1

Hue

Answer 1

Another name for color, the next color in a wheel, blue, red, green, purple

Question 2

Chroma

Answer 2

The purity of a hue. Maximum chroma is pure, brilliant, bright and true

Question 3

Primary Colors

Answer 3

The theoretical root of every other hue. Hues that can’t be mixed. Theoretically found in nature. can’t create by mixing together. Historically the most expensive.

Question 4

Secondary

Answer 4

the result of blending two primary hues. Mix blue and yellow, you get green, etc. Take on the aspects of the colors that mix them when it comes to their attributes. Orange is more powerful than yellow, but softer than red.

Question 5

Tertiary Colors

Answer 5

the result of blending a primary with a secondary hue. If you take blue and violet, you get blue violet. If you take violet and red, you get red-violet. They are equally in-between the colors that make them up. Always named of the two hues they are made of: blue-green, red-orange, blue-violent, Primary-secondary.

Question 6

Neutral Colors

Answer 6

a hue plus its complement. aka, the color opposite on the color wheel. if you mix equal amounts of green and red. Neutral colors are the best for realistic shadows

Question 7

Neutral gray

Answer 7

a combination of black and white with no other hue

Question 8

Tint

Answer 8

a hue PLUS WHITE
Pink is a tint of red
light blue is a tint of blue
softens them up, reduces purity of color
tints of colors don’t equally tint
There is no white ink, so in printing, it allows paper to show through

Question 9

Tone

Answer 9

a hue plus gray

Question 10

Shade

Answer 10

any hue plus black

Question 11

Saturation

Answer 11

the degree of chroma or purity of a hue

Question 12

Intensity

Answer 12

the brightness or dullness of a hue
intensity varies based on color saturation and surroundings. Lighter hues (orange, yellow) are more intense than darker hues (blue and purple). Brighter colors advance, duller colors recede.`

Question 13

Value

Answer 13

The lightness or darkness of a hue
black is the darkest value, white is the lightest value
Lighter colors advance, darker colors recede. Effects the balance of a piece.
If you print yellow on a black and white printer, it won’t show up

Question 14

Key Color

Answer 14

The dominant hue in a color scheme or layout
(you’d describe your house as yellow, for ex)

Question 15

Color Spaces

Answer 15

The range of colors that can be reproduced by a certain device (screen, printer, etc) A screen vs. a printer has a different space than our eyes

Question 16

Additive (RGB)

Answer 16

Color as it relates to light
THE PRIMARY COLORS ARE RED, GREEN, AND BLUE. SECONDARY COLORS IN THE ADDITIVE MODEL ARE CYAN, MAGENTA AND YELLOW. ADDITIVE COLOR SYSTEMS START WITHOUT LIGHT (BLACK)
as you add light, you add color. If you mix blue and green, you get cyan, red and green make yellow, blue and red make magenta, all of them make white

Question 17

Subtractive method

Answer 17

CMYK
color system based on mixing color pigments. The primary colors in this model are cyan, magenta, and yellow. the secondary colors are red, green, and blue. Subtractive color systems start with light white paper, for instance. cyan and magenta make blue, magenta and yellow make red, cyan and yellow make green. altogether they make black.
K. Pigments aren’t pure. If you mix them together you get a muddy brown, so they add a final color: black
“K” stands for Key: back in the day, it was a dark color called a key

Question 18

Spot

Answer 18

a non-process color ink (CMYK + a spot)
Pantone Matching System is the most common form
For doing a color that can’t be produced (glow in the dark, flourescent), or when trying to match a very specific color`

Question 19

Gamut

Answer 19

The greatest possible reproducible range of colors for a device or system, you’ll be warned that someting is out of gamut before printing

Question 20

Temperature

Answer 20

perception of a color as being warm or cool

Question 21

Warm colors

Answer 21

red orange yellow

Question 22

cool colors

Answer 22

blue green purple

Question 23

Neutral colors

Answer 23

black white gray and brown

Question 24

Monochromatic Color Schemes

Answer 24

using any shades, tints, or tones of one hue
serene and harmonious
can have low contrast
can feel boring

Question 25

Analogous color Schemes

Answer 25

any three colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel, serene and harmonious, can have low contrast, choose a dominant color, and use less of the other colors

Question 26

complementary color schemes

Answer 26

two colors that are opposite of each other on the color wheel, complementary are the boldest, highest contrasting combination, great for getting attention, use in small doses or with tints/desaturations, can become jarring or tense quickly, terrible for text

Question 27

split complementary

Answer 27

cheat
a specific color and color on either side of its complement
strong visual contrast, like complementary scheme) but less tension
reliable go-to scheme

Question 28

Triadic color schemes

Answer 28

any three colors that are equally spaced on the color wheel
quite vibrant
pay attention to balance, let one color dominate

Question 29

Square Color Schemes

Answer 29

Any four colors that are equally spaced on the color wheel
Very Bold
good variety but can get busy
works best when you use a dominant color

Question 30

Rectangular/Tetradic Color Schemes

Answer 30

4 colors arranged into two complementary pairs
good variety, but can get busy
Works best when you use a dominant color
pay attention to balance

Question 31

color definition

Answer 31

Color is the perception of the

visual spectrum of light.

Question 32

visible spectrum

Answer 32

The seven colors of the

rainbow: red, orange, yellow,
green, blue, indigo, violet

(Roy G. Biv).

Question 33

color wheel

Answer 33

A tool that depicts a
circular arrangement of
hues based on the visible

color spectrum.