Color For Art & Design

Front 1

What is a palette?

Back 1

The colors chosen for an image

Front 2

A _______ establishes a color from its lightest version to its darkest version.

Back 2

Value scale chart

Front 3

A color palette starts with _____?

Back 3

The parent colors

Front 4

What should you consider when choosing a palette for a project?

Back 4

1. What you are trying to say with your image

2. What colors will best express your intentions

Front 5

Define Harmony

Back 5

A pleasing agreement of elements in a whole

Front 6

The art term Chiaroscuro means _____.

Back 6

The use of strong contrast between light and dark

Front 7

Light can be used to manipulate imagery when you understand how light affects...

A. Your eyes

B. paints

C. Color and Transparency

D. Form and Space

Back 7

D. Form and Space

Front 8

Light is responsible for which three things?

Back 8

1.Defining form

2. Conjuring particular emotions

3. Seeing Color

Front 9

When placed next to each other complimentary colors seem to ________ and when placed on top of each other amounts they create _______.

Back 9

Vibrate; A neutral color

Front 10

________ tones evoke emotional sadness.

Back 10

Cool

Front 11

What do you get when you combine three primary colors?

Back 11

A tertiary color

Front 12

What is the most common form of colorblindness?

Back 12

Red and Green

Front 13

What is contrast?

Back 13

The state of being different from something else, typically something in juxtaposition or close association.

Front 14

Define secondary colors.

Back 14

Colors created by mixing two primary colors.

Hint 14

Orange, Purple, Green

Front 15

Define tertiary colors.

Back 15

Combination of a primary color and a secondary color or all three primary colors.

Front 16

Why would you use a single color overlay to your entire image?

Back 16

To create more unity among your colors.

Front 17

What can you do to create color separation when color values are too similar?

Back 17

Use lines to separate elements

Front 18

Your color choice must connect with the client’s target audience, seem original, and _______.

Back 18

Represent the client’s product

Front 19

To add a sense of sophistication to a design, you should consider using what kind of colors?

Back 19

High contrast, full saturation colors

Front 20

List the primary colors

Back 20

Blue, Yellow and Red

Front 21

Which color might you use to convey trust, worthiness, and dependability?

Back 21

Blue

Front 22

What is hue?

Back 22

Another word for color

Front 23

Which color format is more dependable and accurate for printing?

Back 23

Spot Color

Front 24

Colors can be broken down into these two categories...

Back 24

Warm and Cool

Front 25

Warm colors are often associated with...

Back 25

Passion, happiness, enthusiasm

Front 26

Cool colors are often associated with...

Back 26

Calmness, stability, professionalism

Front 27

What are complimentary colors?

Back 27

Colors that sit across from each other on the color wheel

Front 28

Which color palette conveys both agreement and dissent?

Back 28

Split-complementary

Front 29

Psychology of color refers to what?

Back 29

How color affects your brain

Front 30

Which color harmony combination would you use to exaggerate contrast?

Back 30

Complementary colors

Front 31

What does it mean to neutralize a color?

Back 31

To reduce the vibrancy or saturation of it.

Front 32

Which of these colors is an example of a secondary color?

A. Purple

B. Blue

C. Red

D. Yellow

Back 32

A. Purple

Front 33

Another term for saturation is ________.

Back 33

Chroma

Front 34

What is the term for the relative darkness or lightness of a color?

Back 34

Value

Front 35

The surface on which you paint, usually a coating, is known as a

________.

Back 35

Ground

Front 36

The area of highest contrast in an image is called the _____.

Back 36

Focal point

Front 37

A color ________ is called when light does not pass through it to the color underneath.

Back 37

Opaque

Front 38

Which of these colors would be considered the warmest?

A. White

B. Orange

C. Blue

D. Gray

Back 38

B. Orange

Front 39

Which three things are true of color?

Back 39

1. Color meaning is often interpreted culturally.

2. Color can be universal as a symbol

3. Reactions to color can be personal

Front 40

If the color palette is shifted to consistently ______ colors, we perceive only the variation in value.

Back 40

Neutral Colors

Front 41

Saturation refers to ________.

Back 41

How bright or muted the color is.

Front 42

Contrast refers to _______.

Back 42

The level of difference in tonality or value between the background and the foreground.

Front 43

List the six elements of color.

Back 43

1. Value

2. Saturation

3. Neutral

4. Temperature

5. Texture

6. Opaque/Translucent/Transparent

Front 44

Name the three main properties of color.

Back 44

Hue, Value & Saturation

Front 45

Brown, tan, and Black help convey what kind of tone?

Back 45

A natural rustic tone