Color theory

Color Theory

1. Define hue:Is the best options to refer to the pure spectrum of colors
2. Define value:Is the lightness and/or darkness of a given color 
   1. ​Example: Choose your favorite color. Demonstrate VALUE using 7+ photos (light to dark of your chosen hue). Canvas specs above
3. Define saturation:the state in which no more of something can be absorbed , combined ,or added
4. How many colors are available on our computers? more than a million
5. Define secondary color: result of mixing two primary colors
6. Define tertiary color: equal amount o primary and secondary colors are mixed
7. Define complementary colors:
8. 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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   Traditional color wheel

   

   
   

    

   
   

   
   

   
   

   Photoshop Color Wheel AKA RGB 

   
   

   
   

   
   
   1. ​Find, copy and and place captions of a  Traditional Color Wheel and a Photoshop Color Wheel
2. What are the primary colors in Photoshop? RGB
3. What are the secondary colors in Photoshop? orange violet green
4. Define subtractive color model:
   mixing of a  set of dyes, inks, paint pigments or natural colorants to create a wider range of colors
5. Define additive color model:red, green, and blue light are added together in different  ways to reproduce a range  of colors
6. Is RGB additive or subtractive?additive
7. 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.
8. Define analogous colors: colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel.
9. Define tint:
   a shade or variety of color
10. Define shade:comparative darkness  caused from direct sunlight.
11. Define neutral: not helping helping or supporting any side within a conflict
12. Define monochromatic: using one color 
    1. ​Example: Create a canvas demonstrating a grayscale color scheme from White to Black using 7+
       
       photos. Canvas specs above
13. What can be said in general about warm colors? bright and vivid
14. What can be said in general about cool colors? calm and soothing
15. Which color is associated with stability?  green  
16. Which color symbolizes royalty? purple
17. Which is the color of cleanliness?white 
18. Which color symbolism freshness?blue
19. Which colors are associated with joy? yellow
20. Which color symbolizes passion and danger? red 
    
    1. ​Example: Create a visual example for ONE of questions 22-27 using 4 photos. Canvas specs above.
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