Visual Arts Ch.3

Tints

A high value of a color created by addition of white to a hue

Intensity (or saturation)

Brightness or dullness of a color

Additive Color

Color that is created by mixing colored light (think adding white)

Subtractive Color

Color that is created by mixing pigments (think adding black)

Tertiary pigment colors

Colors created by mixing primary and secondary colors

Secondary pigment colors

Colors created by mixing primary colors

Value

Lightness or darkness of a hue. Can be altered by adding black or white to the hue

Shades

Low value of a color, created by the addition of black to a hue.

Value

Refers to the relative degree of lightness or darkness of a surface or a color.

Tones

Variety of values created by addition of gray to a hue

Primary pigment colors

Yellow, Blue, and Red

Chiaroscuro

a gradual progression from light to dark through successive gradation of tones across a curved surface. High renaissance in Italy

Low-key value range

as we move towards black we enter this. "Describes values moving toward black"

High-key value range

as we move towards white we enter this. "Describes values moving toward white"

Monochromatic

color scheme features one dominant hue.

Complementary-Color Scheme

combination of two or more colors that lie across from one another on the color wheel.

Analogous-Color Scheme

combination of two or more colors that lie adjacent to one another on the color wheel.

Visible spectrum

composed of an array of colors that can be perceived by the naked eye.

Optical color

depiction of colors as they are perceived under different lighting conditions

Highlighting

exaggeration or emphasis of light areas in a composition.

Achromatic Grays

grays that are made by mixing various amounts of black and white are called this. "Without color

Chromatic Grays

grays that contain color are referred to as this. "Relating to color or colors"

Local color

hue of an object created by the colors its surface reflects under normal lighting. (The color we associate things with, ex: banana- yellow

Tenebrism

is not sutle.- is a value pattern characterized by sudden and dramatic changes of light to dark. Developed during the 17th century by artist who like theatricality in their work.

Hue

pure color as it appears on the color wheel. Primary colors only.

Value contrast

the degree of difference between shades of gray

Color Schemes

the use of colors based on knowledge of the way in which color interacts to produce harmonious or non-harmonies compositions

Value pattern

the variation in lightness and darkness within a work of art and the way values are arranged in a composition.

Color wheel

traditional wheel for representing colors of pigment, consisting of twelve colors.

Arbitrary (or subjective) color

use of color that is not normally associated with the subject being depicted