Color Words

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What is a color?

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A color is a characteristic of visual perception described through color categories, such as red, blue, green, etc.

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What are primary colors?

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Primary colors are colors that cannot be made by mixing other colors. The primary colors are red, blue, and yellow.

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What are secondary colors?

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Secondary colors are made by mixing two primary colors. For example, red and blue make purple.

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What is the color wheel?

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The color wheel is a circular diagram that shows the relationships between colors, including primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.

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What is a warm color?

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Warm colors are colors that evoke warmth, such as red, orange, and yellow.

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What is a cool color?

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Cool colors are colors that evoke a cool feeling, such as blue, green, and purple.

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What does it mean to mix colors?

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Mixing colors means combining two or more colors to create a new color.

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What is a shade?

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A shade is a color that is made darker by adding black.

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What is a tint?

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A tint is a color that is made lighter by adding white.

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What is an analogous color scheme?

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An analogous color scheme uses colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.