Terminology (Design Elements And Principles) Flashcards
(36 cards)
What is an analogous colour scheme?
Two or three colours situated next to each other on the colour wheel.
What does chroma (or saturation) refer to?
The purity or intensity of a colour.
What is a colour wheel?
A visual aid to help understand how different colours are formed.
What is a complementary colour scheme?
Two colours lie opposite each other on the colour wheel.
What is a complementary colour?
The colour directly opposite a particular colour on the colour wheel.
What are cool colours?
They create a calm, restful, and relaxing effect on people, making objects appear to move backwards and look smaller.
What is a double complementary colour scheme?
Two colours lie next to each other on the colour wheel as well as the two colours that lie directly opposite.
What is a double split complementary colour scheme?
Two colours that lie on either side of a colour together with their complements.
What is hue?
A synonym for colour.
What is intensity in terms of colour?
The brightness or dullness of a colour, formed by mixing a hue and its complement.
What is a monochromatic colour scheme?
Different tints and shades of a single colour is used.
What are neutral colours?
Values without hue or colour that do not appear on the colour wheel.
What are primary colours?
These three colours cannot be made by combining other colours.
What are secondary colours?
These colours are formed by combining two primary colours.
What is a shade?
Is produced when black is added to a hue.
What is a split complementary colour scheme?
One colour is used together with two colours on either side of its complement on the colour wheel.
What are tertiary or intermediate colours?
These colours are formed by combining a primary colour with a secondary colour.
What is a tint?
Is produced when white is added to a hue.
What is a tone?
Is similar to the value (brightness or lightness) by adding grey to a colour.
What is a triadic complementary colour scheme?
Three colours are used that would be found at each point of the triangle if an equilateral triangle were placed on the colour wheel.
What is the value of a colour?
Is similar to the tone (brightness or lightness) by adding grey to a colour.
What are warm colours?
The characteristic effect on most people is happiness, excitement, stimulating and cheerfulness, and the effect also makes objects appear to move forward and look larger.
What does the principle of rhythm create?
The impression of movement.
What is symmetrical balance?
The two halves/sides of a design are exactly the same; one side is a mirror image of the other.
