Elements of Art: Color

Two colors opposite one another on the color wheel

• analogous

• color spectrum

• complementary

• secondary

• tint

Dark value of a hue made by adding black to it

• analogous

• color spectrum

• hue

• tint

• shade

Pure spectral color

• color

• hue

• color wheel

• primary

• color spectrum

Hues made by mixing two primary hues

• Hue

• primary

• seconday

• tint

• shade

Brightness or dullness of a hue

• analogous

• color spectrum

• tint

• shade

• intensity

Wedge shaped piece of glass that bends white light and separates it into spectral hues

• prism

• color spectrum

• color wheel

• analogous

• primary

Colors that lie next to each other on the color wheel

• complementary

• secondary

• primary

• analogous

• intensity

The three properties of color are

• hue

• tint

• value

• opaque

• intensity

The reason that your eyes are able to see color is that the brain is responding to different

• frequencies

• vibrations

• wavelengths of light

• chords

• aftershocks

Light value of a hue made by mixing the hue with white

• analogous

• complementary

• opaque

• tint

• shade