Chapt. 4
What is the Law of Chromatic Distribution?
A rule governing the distribution of color intensity or brightness. The most neutralized colors are used in the largest areas, and the smaller the size or area, the brighter or more intense the chroma proportionately becomes.
What psychological effects are produced with cool colors?
Cool colors generally calm and relax the mind and body, giving the impression of lack of pressure and plenty of time to wait or to accomplish tasks. They suggest more formality and precision of detail, pattern and color.
Dark and dull or neutralized colors produce what kind of feelings?
Dark and dull or neutralized colors produce a feeling of serious or profound feeling.
Dark values and bright chroma (jewel tones) suggest what?
Dark values and bright chroma suggest richness or strength.
What is meant when hues are placed in juxtaposition? What happens?
It means that the hues are placed close together which means that the colors affects each other. One color can affect another color by casting some of the color on to the other like a color next to yellow can give it a yellowish cast.
Light and dull or neutralized colors produce what kind of feelings?
Light and dull or neutralized colors produce a feeling of calm or relaxation.
Light- value and bright color groups produce what kind of feelings?
Light-value and bright color groups produce a feeling of spontaneity and happiness
What is the Munsell color system? Why was it created?
Munsell color system is a precise, formula-based system for notating specific colors. This was created because it has many advantages that makes seeing the attributes of a color more easy.
How does texture affect color?
Texture affects color because it can catch and absorb or reflect light. it all depends on the texture smooth reflects light where roughness absorbs light.
What are cool colors?
The hues on the color wheel generally considered to produce feelings of coolness. They are green, blue-green, blue, blue-violet, and violet.
What are warm colors?
The hues on the color wheel generally considered to produce feelings of warmth. They are red-violet, red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, and yellow-green.
What are the intermediate or tertiary colors? What makes them tertiary?
The tertiary are red-orange, red-violet, yellow-orange, yellow- green, blue-green, and blue-violet. What makes them tertiary is that they are made by mixing a primary and secondary color that are next to each other on the color wheel.
What are the primary colors? What makes them primary?
The three primary hues are red, yellow, and blue. They are primary because all other colors are made by combining any two of these hues.
What are the secondary colors? What makes them secondary?
The three secondary are orange, green, and violet. They are secondary because these three are created by mixing two of the primary hues together.
What psychological effects are produced with warm colors?
Warm colors are inviting, homey, optimistic, encouraging, and stimulating to the appetite, and they facilitate the blending of objects, patterns, and textures. They tend to reduce space and create more intimate interiors.
