Glossary Terms RA II

Question 1

process of taking in

Answer 1

absorption

Question 2

color not found in visible spectrum; neutral color such as white, black gray and silver and gold

Answer 2

achromatic color

Question 3

process of mixing colored lights on a surface on which the wavelengths of each are combined; adding 2/more colored lights together to create another color of light

Answer 3

additive method

Question 4

psychological; visual impression remaining after the stimulus has been removed

Answer 4

after image

Question 5

pressured atomizer utilized for spraying liquid paint or cosmetic

Answer 5

airbrush

Question 6

in color harmony; 2/more hues which have the same hue in common

Answer 6

analogous

Question 7

external nostril opening of nostril

Answer 7

anterior nares

Question 8

water; prepared with water as solvent

Answer 8

aqueous

Question 9

vehicle in cosmetic; initial application of cream/cosmetic; lower part of anything

Answer 9

base

Question 10

white, yellow, red, brown; 4 hues which correspond to the pigments of skin

Answer 10

basic pigment

Question 11

specialized type of dense connective tissue; attached to the ends of bones and forming parts of structures such as nasal septum and framework of ear

Answer 11

cartilage

Question 12

fleshy termination of nasal septum at base of nose; located between nostrils; most inferior part of nose

Answer 12

columna nasi

Question 13

directly opposite hues on the color wheel; any 2 pigmentary hues which by their mixture in equal quantities, produce gray

Answer 13

complements

Question 14

blue, green, purple or any intermediate pigmentary hue in which they predominate; receding hue which creates illusion of distance from the observer; color of short wave lengths

Answer 14

cool hue

Question 15

top; anterior protruding ridge of nose from root to the tip of lobe

Answer 15

dorsum

Question 16

illumination produced by tubular electric discharge lamp; fluorescence of phosphors coating the inside of tube

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fluorescent light

Question 17

property of color by which it is distinguished from other colors

Answer 17

hue

Question 18

white light; illumination resulting from the glowing of a heated filament

Answer 18

incandescent light

Question 19

lowermost scroll shaped bones on sidewalls of nasal cavity

Answer 19

inferior nasal conchae

Question 20

chroma; brightness/dullness of hue

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intensity

Question 21

pigmentary hue produced by mixing in equal quantities a primary hue with its adjacent secondary hue on color wheel

Answer 21

intermediate hue

Question 22

simultaneous contrast; any 2 hues seen together which modify each other in the direction of their complements

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juxtaposition

Question 23

superior portion of bony nasal septum

Answer 23

perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone

Question 24

coloring matter which can be applied to an object when combined with some type of vehicle

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pigment

Question 25

prang system; basis for mortuary cosmetology

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pigment theory

Question 26

3 pigmentary hues; red, yellow and blue which can be combined to make all other hues

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primary hue

Question 27

return of light waves from surfaces; bending or folding back of a part upon itself

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reflection

Question 28

visual aspect indicating the vividness of the hue in the degree of differences from a gray of the same lightness

Answer 28

saturation

Question 29

equal mixture of 2 primary pigmentary hues; orange green and purple

Answer 29

secondary hue

Question 30

vertical cartilage dividing nasal cavity into 2 chambers

Answer 30

septum

Question 31

hue into which various quantities of black are mixed; darkened hue

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shade

Question 32

visible band; original standard of color; progressive arrangement of colors seen when a beam of white light is broken down into its component colors

Answer 32

spectrum

Question 33

hue which results from the mixture of 2 secondary pigmentary hues or an unbalanced proportion of complements with the warm hue or cool hue predominating

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tertiary hue

Question 34

hue into which various quantities of white are mixed

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tint

Question 35

hue mixed with either a small quantity of gray or the complement of the hue resulting in dulling the ue

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tone

Question 36

lightness or darkness of hue

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value

Question 37

bone of nasal cavity situated between nasal passages on median plane; forms inferior and posterior portion of septum of nose

Answer 37

vomer bone

Question 38

color which appears in the spectral band characterized by long wave lengths; color which makes an object appear closer and larger; color which reflects warmth; red, orange, yellow, and other colors in whey they are predominate

Answer 38

warm hue