Design Basics Chapter 13
Warm color
A color closer to the yellow-to-red side of the color wheel
Fauve
A French term meaning "wild beast" and descriptive of an artistic style characterized by the use of bright and intense expressionistic color schemes.
Cool color
A color closer to blue on the color wheel
Additive system
A color mixing system in which combinations of different wavelengths of light create visual sensations of color
Subjective System
A color mixing system in which pigments (physical substances) are combined to create visual sensations of color. Wavelengths of light absorbed by the substance are subtracted, and the reflected wavelengths constitute the perceived color.
Complementary
A color scheme incorporating opposite hues on the color wheel. Complementary colors accentuate each other in juxtaposition and neutralize each other in mixture.
Triadic
A color scheme involving three equally spaced colors on the color wheel.
Analogous colors
A color scheme that combines several hues located next to each other on the color wheel
Shade
A hue mixed with black
Tint
A hue mixed with white
Tertiary color
A mixture of a primary and an adjacent secondary color.
Secondary color
A mixture of any two primary colors
Color discord
A perception of dissonance in a color relationship
Hue
A property of color defined by distinctions within the visual spectrum or color wheel. "Red," "blue," "yellow," and "green" are examples of hue names.
Tonality
A single color or hue that dominates the entire color structure despite the presence of other colors.
Emotional color
A subjective approach to color use to elicit an emotional response in the viewer
Opaque
A surface impenetrable by light
Pointillism
A system of color mixing (used in painting and drawing) based on the juxtaposition of small bits of pure color. Also called divisionism (see Optical mixture).
Color Wheel
An arrangement of colors based on the sequence of hues in the visible spectrum
Impressionism
An artistic style that sought to re-create the artists perception of the changing quality of light and color in nature.
Constancy effect
An aspect of human perception that allows us to see size or color or form as consistent even if circumstances change appearances
Color harmony
Any one of a number of color relationships based on groupings within the color wheel. See also Analogous colors, Color triad and Complementary
Optical mixture
Color mixture created by the eye as small bits of color are perceived to blend and form a mixture
Color symbolism
Employing color to signify human character traits or concepts
Retinal fatigue
Fading perception due to overexposure and resulting in an afterimage effect
Objective
Having to do with reality and fidelity to perception
Heightened Color
Intensifying and exaggerating the visual referece of color
Afterimage
Occurs after staring at an area of intense color for a certain amount of time and then quickly glancing away toward a white surface, where the complementary color seems to appear
Visual color mixing
Placing small units of color side by side so that the eye perceives the mixture rather than the individual component colors.
Chromatic
Relating to the hue or saturation of color
Chroma
See Intensity
Saturation
See Intensity
Simultaneous contrast
The effect created by two complementary colors seen in juxtaposition. Each color seems more intense in this context
Local color
The identifying color perceived in ordinary daylight
Spectrum
The range of visible color created when white light is passed through a prism.
Intensity
The saturation of hue perceived in a color
Primary colors
The three colors from which all other colors theoretically can be mixed. The primaries of pigments are traditionally presented as red, yellow, and blue whereas the primaries of light are red, blue, and green.
Color triad
Three colors equidistant on the color wheel
