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Chapter 8 Vocab
Vocab for the textbook, Design Principles and Problems
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Art/Design
Undergraduate 3
11/11/2013

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analogous color
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Hues that lie next to each other on the color wheel

 

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"color picker"
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computer term for a series of color palettes available in certain software
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color scheme
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the choice of colors used in a work of art
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color solid
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any of severeal 3D models for portraying color relationships according to variables of hue, saturation, and value
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color wheel
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any various attempts to illustrate color relationships as positions on a circle
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complementary hues
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colors that are opposite each other on a color wheel
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double complementary schemes
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schemes made up of any two sets of complementary colors
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hue
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the name of a color
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light mixtures
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hues that can be obtained by mixing light rays of different wavelenghts
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local color
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the color that an object from the world of our experience appears to be
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middle mixture
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three analogous colors in which on is an approximate mixture of the other two
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negative afterimage
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After staring at a highly saturated color, then look at a white area, an image of its complement will appear
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optical mixture
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illusions of midtones created through the juxtaposition of light and dark areas
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palette
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  1. The surface on which paints are mixed
  2. the range of colors used in a particular work or by a particular artist
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pigment
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a substance that reflects approximately the same color as the band of the same name in a spectrum of refracted light
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pointillism
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  1. Use of small dots of varying colors in painting to create optical mixtures
  2. A nineteenth-century French school og painting that used this technique
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primary color
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the irreducible hues in a color system from which all other hues can be mixed
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reflected color
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the color that the eye perceives as reflected from a surface that absorbs all other wavelengths
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saturation
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A measure of the relative brightness and purity or grayness of a color
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secondary color
Definition
hues obtained by mixing two primary colors
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simultaneous contrast
Definition
juxtaposition of complementary hues, creating such optical illusions as intensification of each hue and vibrations along the edge where they touch
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split complementary schemes
Definition
A color combination in which a hue is used with hues lying on either side of its direct complement
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subjective color
Definition
use of color to create a certain effect rather than to portray the apparent local color of a scene from the world of our experience
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tertiary colors
Definition
hues obtained by mixing a primary color with a secondary color
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value
Definition
the degree of lightness or darkness of a surface
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visible spectrum
Definition
the range of light rays that can be discerned by the human eye
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wavelength
Definition
frequencies of electromagnetic radiation, some of which we see as colors
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