Color Flashcards
Natural or man-made fabric stains
Dyes
Pure colors in pigment form
Pigments
Pigments and compounds with chemically active compositions often used in glazes, paints, dyes
Colorants
Commercially prepared colorants produced for consistency
Stains
Chemically non-reactive compounds most often used as thickening agents and to cut the transparency of a paint of glaze
Opacifiers
A mixture used to cause a chemical reaction on the surface of metal producing a coloration of the surface
Patina
Common name of a color
Hue
The basic color spectrum
ROYGBIV
One of two designations used in computer and graphic applications of color
RGB
The second designation for print and graphic applications of color
CMYK
A group of colors space equally distant on the color wheel
Triad
Colors that are closely related in hue
Analogous
An effect used in painting to represent colors similar to the atmosphere at dusk. Perfected by DaVinci
Sfumato
The contrasting use of dark and light imagery in painting showing depth and space
Chiaroscuro
Music, dancing, etc.
Ephemeral
