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COLOR THEORY
COLOR: An element of art consisting of hues produced through the reflection of light to the eye.
HUE: An art term used for color
PURE COLORS: Pigments that cannot be created by any other colors; red, yellow and blue.
COLOR WHEEL: A circle or wheel of colors; used by artists as a tool in organizing and
understanding color.
COLOR SPECTRUM: Band of colors caused when a beam of light is
passed through a prism.
PRIMARY COLORS: Red, yellow, and blue pigments; pure colors from
which other colors are mixed.
SECONDARY COLORS: Orange, green, and violet; obtained by mixing
equal parts of two primary colors.
INTERMEDIATE COLORS: Achieved by mixing primary and secondary hues; Red-orange,
yellow-orange, red-violet, blue-violet, yellow-green, blue-green.
TRIADIC COLORS: Colors which form an equilateral triangle on the color wheel.
COMPLEMENTARY COLORS: Colors that are opposite one another on the color wheel.
WARM COLORS: Hues that remind us of heat; red, yellow, orange. (sun and fire)
COOL COLORS: Hues that remind us of the cold; green violet, blue. (ice,water, grass)
ANALOGOUS COLORS: Colors which are next to one another on the color wheel.
MONOCHROMATIC COLORS: Values or intensities of one color.
TINT: a light value of a hue; in digital art made by using a percentage of a color.
In fine art made by adding white.
SHADE: A dark value of a hue; in fine art created by adding black.
INTENSITY: The purity of a hue: may be bright, dull or neutral.