COLOR 3.02 Implement color terminology and the components of the color wheel.
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What is color? Color is the property of light. Color terminology Primary Colors Secondary Colors Tertiary Colors Hue Intensity Value Shade Tint
Primary colors Primary Colors: yellow, red, blue These colors are basic- they cannot be created by mixing other colors.
Secondary colors Secondary Colors: orange, violet, green These colors are made by mixing equal parts of two primary colors. Secondary colors appear on the color wheel halfway between the primary colors that make them.
Tertiary colors Tertiary Colors: yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow- green Tertiary colors are also known as “intermediate” colors. They are created by combining a primary color with a neighboring secondary color.
hue The specific name of a color is a hue. Hue is the feature of color that makes one color different from others. Each color on the wheel is a hue. Black, White, and Gray don’t appear on the Color Wheel because they have no hue. Neutral Colors- blend well with others.
Intensity Brightness or dullness of a color Objects with high color intensity seem larger and closer than objects with low intensity.
value The lightness or darkness of a color is its value. Paint manufacturers arrange paint samples by value- from tints to shades.
shade Adding black to a hue lowers its value, or darkens it. Shade is a color that is darker than its normal value. Ex. Navy is a shade of blue. Ex. Rust is a shade of orange. Ex. Maroon is a shade of red.
tint Adding white to a hue raises its value, or lightens it. A tint is a hue that is lighter than its normal value. Ex. Pink is a tint of red. Ex. Peach is a tint of orange. Ex. Lavender is a tint of violet.
Color wheel video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO30zFqpj-c&feature=fvwp&NR=1