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20 Cards in this Set
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Do vertical lines make a space feel lower of higher than it is? |
Higher 2-3 |
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When all the colours of light are present in equal amounts, we perceive white light. For this reason, colour created with light is called: |
Additive colour 2-7 |
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The colour of an object is conveyed by the colour of light the object absorbs and the amount it reflects to the eye, such as blue objects absorb all light except blue. What is this called? |
Subtractive colour 1-4 |
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What are the primary colours of light? |
Red, blue, green 2-7 |
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What are the primary colours of pigment? |
Yellow, red, blue 2-7 |
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What are the primary colours used in printing? |
Yellow, magenta, cyan 2-7 |
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What are the three basic qualities of colour? |
Hue, value, and intensity 2-7 |
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What is hue? |
The basic colour that is distinguishable from others 2-7 |
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What does value describe? |
The degree of lightness or darkness in relation to white and black 2-7 |
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How does intensity affect colour? |
The degrees of purity of the hue when compared with a neutral grey of the same value. 2-7 |
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What must be a added to colour to create a tone, shade, and tint? |
Tone - addition of grey of the same value shade - addition of black tint - addition of white 2-7 |
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What is another name for the Brewster colour system and how does it organize colour? |
The Prang colour system
Organized colour into the traditional colour wheel with red, yellow, and blue as the primary colours 2-8 |
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How does the Munsell colour system organize and define colour? |
More accurate than the colour wheel.
Organizes colour in three dimensions to define the hue, value, and chroma. There are five principle hues: yellow, green, blue, purple, and red 2-9 |
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What colour cast is incandescent light? |
Very yellow 2-9 |
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What colour cast is midday sunlight? |
Blue 2-9 |
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What colour cast does cool white fluorescents have? |
Blue-green 2-9 |
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What colour cast does warm white fluorescents have? |
Yellow and orsnge 2-9 |
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In what colour schemes on the colours not extend beyond a 90 segment of the colour wheel? |
Analogous 2-11 |
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What colour scheme has three colours spaced equally around the colour wheel? |
Triad 2-11 |
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What colour scheme has four colours spaced equally around the colour wheel? |
Tetrad 2-11 |
