MOR 345 Restorative Art SGR Lesson 2.1

List problems associated with the Prang color theory.

1. Imperfections, 2. Range of color is narrower than range of color in nature, 3. Can't produce colors such as wood grain, minerals, skin colors, blonde colors, 4. Pigment fades or bleaches when exposed to light or air, and 5. Not stable - differ from purchase to purchase.

Name the 3 color theories.

1. Spectral Color Theory, 2. Prang Color Theory, and 3. Colored Illumination

How many intermediate hues exist in the Prang color theory?

6

List the colors which may be in a Split Complementary Color Scheme.

A base hue and two hues one each side of it's complement such as blue, yellow-orange and red-orange.

Define a monochrome related color harmony.

A color scheme which uses one color with individual tints, shades and tones of that color.

Another name for the Prang color theory

Pigmentation

The color scheme which uses 3 hues which have 3 hues between each on the color wheel

Prang System

Another name for cooler colors in the Prang color theory

Receding hues

The primary colors of the additive method of colored illumination

Red, Green and Blue

Name the 7 spectral colors in order.

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet.

The primary colors of the Prang color theory

Red, Yellow and Blue

The complement of an primary hue in the Prang Color Theory is always (a primary, a secondary, or an intermediate)?

Secondary

A hue which occurs when progressive quantities of black are added to a pigmentary hue

Shades

Define Juxta Position.

Simultaneous contrast the placement of 2 hues side by side without mixing.

The original scientific standard for color was which theory?

Spectral Color Theory

The Color harmony in which 3 hues are used, including a base hue and the two hues on each side of its complement

Split complementary color scheme

In spectral color theory, black is represented by

The absence of all color

Define tertiary hues in the Prang color theory.

Those produced by the mixture of two secondary hues or an unbalanced proportion of complements with the warm hue or cool hue predominating.

A hue which occurs when progressive quantities of white are added to a pigmentary hue

Tint

The term used to describe a hue in which a small amount of gray is mixed with another hue.

Tone

Describe the complementary color scheme.

Use of two complementary hues including their tints, shades and tones.

The lightness or darkness of a color

Value

Another name for advancing hues

Warm hues

In spectral color theory, the presence of all light yields

White

The complement of Blue in colored illumination is

Yellow

The complement of Purple in the Prang Color Theory

Yellow

What two primary colors of Prang color theory are used to produce green?

Yellow and Blue

What two primary colors of Prang color theory are used to produce orange?

Yellow and Red

What is the tint of Yellow, Red, and Blue?

Yellow becomes ivory, red becomes pink, blue becomes powder blue with the addition of white.

List shades of Yellow, Red and Blue.

Yellow becomes mustard, red becomes burgundy, blue becomes Navy blue.

Name the secondary colors of the spectral color theory.

Yellow, Blue and Violet

Give an example of a monochrome color scheme.

Yellow, Mustard, Ivory

The secondary colors of additive method of colored illumination

Yellow, magenta, blue-green and white.

Indigo

a blue dye obtained from certain plants or made synthetically, usually from analine dyes; a deep violet blue; designated by Newton as one of the seven prismatic colors.

Achromatic color

a color not found in the visible spectrum; a neutral color such as white, black, gray, and silver and gold (for decorative purposes).

Warm (Advancing) hue

a color which appears in the spectral band, characterized by long wavelengths; a color which makes an object appear closer and larger; a color which reflects warmth; i.e., red, orange, yellow, and other colors in which they predominate.

Pigment

a coloring matter which can be applied to an object when combined with some type of vehicle.

Shade

a hue into which various quantities of black are mixed; the darkened hue.

Tint

a hue into which various quantities of white are mixed.

Tone

a hue mixed with either a small quantity of gray or the complement of the hue, resulting in dulling of the hue.

Intermediate hue

a pigmentary hue produced by mixing, in equal quantities, a primary hue with its adjacent secondary hue on the color wheel.

Additive method (of colored illumination)

a process of mixing colored lights on a surface on which the wave lengths of each are combined; adding two or more colored lights together to create another color of light.

Spectrum

a visible band of color; the original standard of color; the progressive arrangement of colors (ROYGBIV) seen when a beam of white light is broken down into its component colors.

Saturation

a visual aspect indicating the vividness of the hue in the degree of difference from a gray of the same lightness.

Color

a visual sensation perceived by the eye and the mind due to the activity and vibration of light.

Define Color

a visual sensation perceived by the eye and the mind due to the activity and vibration of light.

Black

an achromatic color; the absence of all color in pigmentation.

ROYGBIV

an acronym for the spectrum of light; (Red-Orange-Yellow-Green-Blue-Indigo-Violet)

Juxtaposition

any two hues seen together which modify each other in the direction of their complements.

Cool (Receding) hue

blue, green, purple, or any intermediate pigmentary hue in which they predominate; a receding hue which creates the illusion of distance from the observer; a color of short wave lengths.

The complement of Red in colored illumination is

blue-green

Brilliance (Brightness)

brightness; in colored illumination, the quantity of illumination passing through a color transparency.

Complements

directly opposite hues on the color wheel; any two pigmentary hues which, by their mixture in equal quantities, produce gray.

Secondary (Binary) hue

equal mixture of two primary light colors that will produce pigmentary hues (orange, green, and purple); a mixture of yellow, magenta, and cyan (green-blue).

The complement of Magenta in colored illumination is

green

Incandescent light

illumination resulting from the glowing of a heated filament.

Analogous

in color harmony, two or more hues which have the same hue in common.

Chroma (Intensity)

intensity; brightness or dullness of a color.

Subtractive method (of colored illumination)

method of diminishing the wavelengths of light by superimposing two or more color transparencies over the same light source; the light is gradually reduced by absorption of colors in the light.

Primary hue

one of three pigmentary hues (red, yellow, and blue) which can be combined to make all other hues; in light color theory the hues red, blue, and green can be combined to make all other hues.

White

the color of pure snow; the color reflecting to the eye all of the ray of the spectrum combined; the opposite of black; an achromatic color; a neutral color.

Orange

the hue obtained from the mixture of red and yellow; a secondary color of pigments.

Green

the hue resulting from the mixture of yellow and blue pigments in equal quantities; one of three secondary pigmentary hues.

Tertiary hue

the hue which results from the mixture of two secondary pigmentary hues or an unbalanced proportion of complements with the warm hue or cool hue predominating.

Fluorescent light

the illumination produced by a tubular electric discharge lamp; the fluorescence of phosphors coating the inside of a tube.

Value

the lightness or darkness of a hue.

Define Hue

the property of a color by which it is distinguished from other colors.

Hue

the property of a color by which it is distinguished from other colors.

Cosmetology

the study of beautifying and improving the complexion, skin, hair, and nails.

Monochromatic

variations of one hue; tints, tones, and shades of one hue.

List the hues which could be present in a tetrad.

yellow-orange, red, blue-purple, and green; orange, red-purple, blue, and yellow-green; redorange, purple, blue-green, and yellow.

A color scheme which utilizes a single hue or similar hues

Monochrome

List the 3 related color harmonies.

Monochrome, Analogous, Achromatic

A color scheme which makes use of adjacent hues in which there is an identifiable common hue

Analogous

List some of the hues which may be present in an achromatic color scheme.

Black, White, Grays, Silver and Gold

The complement of Orange in the Prang Color Theory

Blue

What two primary colors of Prang color theory are used to produce purple?

Blue and Red

The secondary colors of subtractive method of colored illumination

Blue, Red and Green

The brightness or dullness of a color

Brilliance

How are intermediate hues produced in Prang color theory?

By an equal mixture of a primary hue and its adjacent secondary hue.

Another name for intensity of color.

Chroma

Which type of illumination (incandescent or fluorescent) provides more light for less cost.

Fluorescent

How many hues are in a double split complementary color harmony?

Four

How many hues are in a tetrad?

Four

List the colors which may be present in a double complementary color harmony.

Four hues including two adjacent hues and their perspective complements such as yellow, yellow-orange, purple and blue-purple.

If cooler colors are dominant in a tertiary color of the Prang color theory, what shade will it be?

Gray

The complement of Red in the Prang Color Theory

Green

The secondary colors of the Prang color theory

Green, Purple and Orange

Name the primary colors of the Spectral Color Theory.

Green, Red and Indigo

Which type of illumination (incandescent or fluorescent) is high in yellow and low in blue?

Incandescent

The complement of an intermediate hue in the Prang Color Theory is always (a primary, a secondary, or an intermediate)?

Intermediate

If warmer colors are dominant on a tertiary color of the Prang color theory, what shade will it be?

It will yield a shade of brown.

The primary colors of the subtractive method of colored illumination

Magenta, Yellow and Blue-green

The quantity or amount of illumination passing through a transparent color filter in colored illumination is

Measures or dimensions of color illumination.