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What are the 3 properties of color? |
Value Hue Saturation |
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What is value? |
Perceived lightness or darkness |
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What can value be used to do? |
Increase and decrease contrast |
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With contrast, which object is more dominant? |
The darker color. |
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What colors is the colour wheel based off? |
Red Yellow Blue |
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What is a saturated colour? |
Contains no black, no white and no complimentary colours |
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What are highly saturated/pure colors? |
Yellows, Reds, Greens |
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What are the advantages of pure colors? |
Evoke energy, vividness, brightness and warmth |
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What are disadvantages of pure colors? |
Can tired eyes if overused |
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What is a tint? |
White added |
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What is a shade? |
Black added |
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What is a tone? |
Adding black and white |
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What is a monochromatic color scheme? |
Only one hue, with varying value, black and white shades |
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What is a monochromatic + white color scheme? |
Self explanatory. |
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What is an analogous color scheme? |
Colours are adjacent to each other on the colour wheel |
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What do analogous color schemes look like? |
Harmonious |
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What is a complimentary color scheme? |
Colors located opposite on color wheel |
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What does a complimentary color scheme produce? |
Exciting, dynamic pattern |
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What are discordant colors? |
Clashing, disturbing colors |
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What are discordant colors used for? |
Eye catching |
