Color Theory
- Define hue:Is the best options to refer to the pure spectrum of colors
- Define value:Is the lightness and/or darkness of a given color
- Example: Choose your favorite color. Demonstrate VALUE using 7+ photos (light to dark of your chosen hue). Canvas specs above
- Define saturation:the state in which no more of something can be absorbed , combined ,or added
- How many colors are available on our computers? more than a million
- Define secondary color: result of mixing two primary colors
- Define tertiary color: equal amount o primary and secondary colors are mixed
- Define complementary colors:
- colors directly opposite each other in the color spectrum, such as red and green or blue and orange, that when combined in the right proportions, produce white light
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- Find, copy and and place captions of a Traditional Color Wheel and a Photoshop Color Wheel
- What are the primary colors in Photoshop? RGB
- What are the secondary colors in Photoshop? orange violet green
- Define subtractive color model:
mixing of a set of dyes, inks, paint pigments or natural colorants to create a wider range of colors - Define additive color model:red, green, and blue light are added together in different ways to reproduce a range of colors
- Is RGB additive or subtractive?additive
- What is the CMYK color model used for?
is a subtractive color model, used in color printing, and is also used to describe the printing process itself. - Define analogous colors: colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel.
- Define tint:
a shade or variety of color - Define shade:comparative darkness caused from direct sunlight.
- Define neutral: not helping helping or supporting any side within a conflict
- Define monochromatic: using one color
- Example: Create a canvas demonstrating a grayscale color scheme from White to Black using 7+ photos. Canvas specs above
- What can be said in general about warm colors? bright and vivid
- What can be said in general about cool colors? calm and soothing
- Which color is associated with stability? green
- Which color symbolizes royalty? purple
- Which is the color of cleanliness?white
- Which color symbolism freshness?blue
- Which colors are associated with joy? yellow
- Which color symbolizes passion and danger? red
- Example: Create a visual example for ONE of questions 22-27 using 4 photos. Canvas specs above.
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