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What
two colors combines make a third color?
Yellow
+ Blue = Green
Blue + Red = Violet
Red + Yellow = Orange
Blue + Red = Violet
Red + Yellow = Orange
(Primary
+ Primary = Secondary)
Define Color Terms:
Primary colors-blue, red and yellow are basic colors. Basic colors cannot be made.
Primary colors-blue, red and yellow are basic colors. Basic colors cannot be made.
Secondary colors-orange,
violet and green are made by mixing two primary colors.
Cool colors-blue, green
and violet are perceived as moving away from the observer in a painting.
Warm colors-red, yellow
and orange warm colors seem to come forward toward the observer in a painting.
Hue is the name of a color.
Hue is the name of a color.
Intensity is purity of
color that is related to the brightness or dullness; can also mean chroma or
saturation.
Value is the lightness or darkness of a color.
Value is the lightness or darkness of a color.
Tint is white added to a
color.
Tone is gray added to a
color.
Shade is black added to a
color.
Neutral gray is an equal
combination of black and white.
Color is composed of three
components hue, intensity and value.
Gray scale is a unit of
measure for color value that goes from 1 to 10. One is true black (100%)
through 10 true white (100%).
Color HarmonyMonochromatic color is any tone, tint or shade of only one color.
Analogous colors refer to
choosing colors that are touching each other on the color wheel. Analogous
color use at least two colors and not more than five as suggested by the color
wheel guide.
Complementary colors refer
to choosing two colors straight across from each other on the color wheel. (Ex.
red and green)
Split complementary colors
refer to using any color with the two colors on each side of its complement.
(Ex. red with Blue-green and yellow-green)
Triad colors refer to using
three colors equally spaced apart on the color wheel. (Ex. violet with green and
orange)
Tetrad colors are a
combination of four colors on the color wheel that are also two sets of
complements. (Example 1: Blue-violet and red with green and yellow-orange)
(Example 2: Blue-violet and
red-orange with blue-green and yellow-orange)
Key color
is the dominant color in the painting.
Reference: Color Wheel by the Color Wheel
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