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29 Cards in this Set
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Additive System
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color as it relates to light.
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Subtractive System
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color system based on mixing color pigments (CMYK) (start w/light, white paper for instance.)
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Spectrum
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a continual band of color: ranges red through violet.
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Hue
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another name for color
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Tint
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A color (+) grey
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Tone
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A color (+) black
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Key Color
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The dominant color in a color scheme.
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Neutral Gray
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Combines black & White with no other color.
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Intensity
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Brightness or dullness of a color.
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Intensity (Saturation)
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the degree of chroma or purity of a color.
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Intensity (Chroma)
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purity of color, another word for color.
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Value
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The lightness or darkness of a color. Black & White are extreme values.
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Temperature
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the perception of a color as being warm or cool.
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Primary Colors
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3 colors that can not be mixed from any other colors, such as red, yellow, blue.
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Secondary Colors
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two primary colors mixed together
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Tertiary Colors
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one primary and one secondary color miced together.
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Complementary Colors
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colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel.
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Simultaneous Contrast
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The effect of complimentary colors next to eachother (the vibration along the line where 2 complimentary colors meet).
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Split Complementary
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A specific color & the color on either side of its compliment.
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Triad
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3 colors that are equally spaced on the color wheel.
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Analogous
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any 3 colors that are adjacent to eachother on the color wheel.
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Monochromatic
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usind any shade, tint or tone of one hue.
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Achromatic
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Colorless schemes using blacks, white and grays.
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Neutral
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hues that have been neutralized by adding their complement.
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Monotone
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using a single neutral color.
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Spot Color
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a single non-process ink color which uses one printing plate.
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CMYK
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The subtractive primaries plus black used in offset lithography. (Also known as four-color process printing.)
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RGB
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the additive primary colors (Red, Green, Blue) when mixed together in equal amounts they create white light. Used for the web.
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Color Gamut
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the greatest possible reproducible range of colors for a device or system
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