Color Theory

Color Theory

1. Define hue: term for the pure spectrum colors commonly referred to by the "color names."
2. Define value: the relative lightness or darkness of a color.
3. Define saturation: the state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed, combined with, or added.

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   An example of Value using Green

5. How many colors are available on our computers? 16,777,216 colors
6. Define secondary color: the color resulting from the mixing of two primary colors.
7. Define tertiary color: the resulting color formed when an equal amount of a primary and a secondary color are mixed. The primary and secondary colors must be beside each other on the Color Wheel.
8. Define complementary colors: colors directly opposite each other in the color spectrum, such as red and green or blue and orange, that when combined in the right proportions, produce white light.

   

   Example of a Traditional Color Wheel

9. What are the primary colors in Photoshop? Red, Green, and Blue
10. What are the secondary colors in Photoshop? Orange, Violet, and Green
11. Define subtractive color model: the mixing of a limited set of dyes, inks, paint pigments or natural colorants to create a wider range of colors, each the result of partially or completely subtracting (absorbing) some wavelengths of light and not others.
12. Define additive color model: also referred to as the RGB color model, in which red, blue, and green light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors.
13. Is RGB additive or subtractive? RGB is additive.
14. What is the CYYK color model used for? It's used in Color Printing and is also used to describe the printing process itself.
15. Define analogous colors: uses colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel.
16. Define tint: a shade or variety of colors.
17. Define shade: comparative darkness and coolness.
18. Define neutral: a neutral color or shade, as in light gray or beige.
19. Define monochromatic: containing or using only one color.

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    An example of Grayscale

21. What can be said in general about warm colors? Are associated with fire, heat, and rising temperature like orange and red.
22. What can be said in general about cool colors? Are associated with frost, ice, and cooling temperature like blue, and shades of light blue.
23. Which color is associated with stability? Green, because it is the universal color of nature, growth, fertility, and health.
24. Which color symbolizes royalty? Purple, because it represents wealth, extravagance, creativity, wisdom, dignity, grandeur, devotion, peace, pride, mystery, independence, and magic.
25. Which is the color of cleanliness? Red, because joy, sexuality, passion, sensitivity, and love.
26. Which color symbolism freshness? Green, because it's the color of nature, growth, harmony, freshness, and fertility.
27. Which colors are associated with joy? Orange, because it combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow.
28. Which color symbolizes passion and danger? Red, because it is a very emotionally intense color.

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