Color Theory Flashcards

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Value

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The lightness or darkness of a color. All colors have a value, which is relative to the black to white gray value scale.

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Tints

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Values of a color with any amount of white added to it.

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Temperature

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The warmth or coolness of a color.

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Tones

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Color plus any amount of gray mixed into it.

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Primary Colors

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Basic colors that cannot be broken down into other colors and can be combined to create others.

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Secondary Colors

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Colors created from mixing two primary colors.

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Tertiary Colors

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Combinations of primary and secondary colors, such as red-orange and blue-green.

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Examples of cool colors

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Yellow-Green, Green, Blue-Green, Blue, Blue-Violet, Violet

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Cool colors are less visible in the color spectrum.

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Monochromatic

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One color plus tints, tones and shades of the color.