The Color Theory
Lab Color
A Lab color space is a color-opponent space with dimensions L for lightness and a and b for the color-opponent dimensions, based on nonlinearly compressed coordinates.
Grayscale
A grayscale or greyscale digital image is an image in which the value of each pixel is a single sample, that is, it carries only intensity information.
Analogous Colors
Analogous colors are any three colors which are side by side on a 12 part color wheel, such as yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange. Usually one of the three colors predominates.
Bitmap
Bitmap mode uses one of two color values (black or white) to represent the pixels in an image. Images in Bitmap mode are called bitmapped 1‑bit images because they have a bit depth of 1.
Color Theory
Color theory is a set of principles used to create harmonious color combinations that are pleasing to the eye and senses.
Spot Colors
Colors created without screens or dots, such as those found in the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM®, are referred to in the industry as spot or solid colors.
Complimentary Colors
Complementary colors are any two colors which are directly opposite each other, such as red and green and red-purple and yellow-green.
Cool Colors
Cool colors give an impression of calm, and create a soothing impression.
Secondary Colors
Green, orange and purple These are the colors formed by mixing the primary colors.
Indexed Color
Indexed color is a technique to manage digital images' colors in a limited fashion, in order to save computer memory and file storage, while speeding up display refresh and file transfers.
Monochromatic Colors
Monochromatic color schemes are derived from a single base hue and extended using its shades, tones and tints.
RGB Color
RGB (red, green, and blue) refers to a system for representing the colors to be used on a computer display.
Primary Colors
Red, yellow and blue In traditional color theory (used in paint and pigments), primary colors are the 3 pigment colors that can not be mixed or formed by any combination of other colors.
Process Colors
Refers to the CMYK color model used in offset printing.
CMYK Color
The CMYK color model (process color, four color) is a subtractive color model, used in color printing, and is also used to describe the printing process itself.
Gamut
The entire range of colors available on a particular device such as a monitor or printer.
Tertiary Colors
These are the colors formed by mixing a primary and a secondary color. That's why the hue is a two word name, such as blue-green, red-violet, and yellow-orange
Warm Colors
Warm colors are vivid and energetic, and tend to advance in space.
