Color review

What does the color yellow represent?

Associated with cheerfulness, warmth and stimulates the nervous system and mental processes.

What does the color orange represent?

Associated with excitement, enthusiasm, warmth and caution.

What does the color green represent?

Associated with money, new growth, tranquility, and nature and also relieves depression

What does the color purple represent?

Associated with royalty, wealth, success and wisdom.

What are warm colors?

Associated with warm objects of the same color like sun or fire. Also known as advancing colors. They appear larger and closer than they really are.

What are cool colors?

Associated with water, grass and trees. Are also called receding colors because they make objects appear smaller and farther away.

What does the color blue represent?

Curbs the appetite and is associated with calm, water and peace and it also increase productivity.

What are the 3 attributes that define every color?

Hue, Value, and Chroma.

What does the color red represent?

Increases your appetite and is associated with love passion, and also intensity.

What Intermediate colors?

Made by mixing primary color with a secondary color. Yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet, red-orange, yellow-orange.

What is shade?

Making a color darker by adding black.

What is tint?

Making a color lighter by adding white

What are neutral colors?

Not considered colors. White, black, and gray, brown, tan and beige.

What is secondary color?

Orange, green, and violet. They are produced by mixing equal amounts of two primary colors.

What is chroma?

The saturation or intensity of a color. It is the brightness or dullness of a hue. Made by adding complement or gray which creates a tone.

What is split complimentary?

Uses a color within the two colors and are found on either side of the color's complements. The main color is the dominant one and the two colors on each side of the main complement are the accent colors. Examples are red, blue-green, and yellow-green.

What is triadic?

Uses any three colors that are equally distant from each other on the color wheel. Examples are red, yellow, blue, green, orange, violet, yellow-orange, red-violet and blue-green.

What is neutral?

Uses colors that are not found on the color wheel. Examples are black, gray, white, brown, tan, and beige.

What is analogous?

Uses hues that are next to each other on the color wheel and usually are made when you use 3-5 hues. Examples are violet, red-violet and red, which are all placed next to each other on the color wheel.

what is Monochromatic?

Uses only a single hue or tints, tones and shades of the same hue. It is also an accent of a neutral color and can be used by adding interest to a color scheme. Examples are red, pink. burgundy, and maroon, which are all shades of red.

What is complimentary?

Uses two colors that are directly opposites on the color wheel and are the brightest and most intense form of each color when combined together. Examples are red and green.

To make a room appear larger would you paint the room with a cool or warm color?

Warm color

What is primary color?

Yellow, red, and blue. They occur naturally.