Test 1 Flashcards
(53 cards)
Three properties of color
Hue, value, saturation
Three vector representations
Point, lines, polygons
Hue
What we colloquially refer to as color on a daily basis
Value
How light or dark a color hue is
Saturation
Refers to brightness of a hue
Primary colors
Red, green, blue
Secondary colors
Represent combinations of cyan magenta and yellow
Tertiary colors
Colors that fall between primary and secondary on the color wheel
Achromatic
Grayscale colors
Analogous colors
Colors that are found next to each other on the color wheel
Cymk color model
Cyan magenta yellow black color model
Is used on paper and is subtractive
RGB”A”
Alpha
This makes the color transparent based on 0-100 scale
Decimal vs hexadecimal
Decimal portrays value from 0-255
Hexidecimal: FFFF00
Gui
Graphic user interface
Hci
Human computer interaction
Wimp model
Windows, icons, menus, pointer
Visual hierarchy
5 category system developed by Borden dent to help prioritize features and organize maps effectively.
Chrome
The task bar at the top of the browser containing tools and widgets
Screen real estate
How much space you have to work with on a given device
Screen resolution
How many verticle columns and horizontal rows of pixels a screen can show
Ppi
How many pixels are shown in a line 1 inch in length
Two types of layouts
Fluid and compartmentalized
Raster maps
Represented by a grid of pixels
gif
Graphic interchange format