Restorative Art 2.1 Study Guide
How many hues are in a tetrad?
4 hues that have 2 hues between each of the hues.
Monochrome related color harmony
A color scheme which uses one color with individual tints, shades, and tones of that color. Yellow; Mustard; Ivory.
Define Color
A visual sensation; a property of material objects, including sources of light by which they are visually distinguished as possessing the quantities of redness, brownness, greenness, grayness, etc.
A color scheme which makes use of adjacent hues in which there is an identifiable common hue
Analogous
The primary colors of the additive method of colored illumination
Red; Green; and Blue. RGB
A color scheme which utilizes a single hue or similar hues
Related color harmonies
The complement of a primary hue in the Prang Color Theory is always what?
Secondary Hue. Product of the remaining hues equally mixed.
Secondary colors of the Prang Color Theory
Secondary a.k.a. Binary Hues; hues produced by equal amounts of two primary hues. Green; Purple; Orange. GPO
The secondary colors of additive method of colored illumination
Secondary colors (produced by equal amounts of 2 primary colors). Yellow produced by adding red and green; Magenta produced by adding red and blue; Blue-green produced by adding blue and green; White produced by a mixture of all three primary colors.
Hue which occurs when progressive quantities of black are added to a pigmentary hue
Shades
Define Junta Position
Simultaneous contrast
How many intermediate hues exist in the Prang Color Theory?
Six
The original scientific standard for color was which theory?
Spectral Color Theory
Name the 3 color theories
Spectral Color Theory; Prang Color Theory; Colored Illumination
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
Brilliance a.k.a. Brightness
The quantity or amount of illumination passing through a transparent color filter in colored illumination.
Define Tertiary Hues in the Prang Color Theory
Those hues produced by an unequal amount of directly opposite hues on the color wheel.
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
How many hues are in a double split complementary color harmony?
Use of 4 hues which include the 2 hues on either side of a designated base hue and the complement of each of these hues.
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
If cooler colors are dominant in a tertiary color of the Prang Color Theory, what shade will it be?
When a cooler color is predominant the mixture will yield a shade of gray.
In spectral color theory, the presence of all light yields
White
Complement of blue in colored illumination
Yellow
What two primary colors of Prang Color Theory are used to produce Green?
Yellow + Blue
What two primary colors of Prang Color Theory are used to produce Orange?
Yellow + Red
List the hues which could be present in a tetrad
Yellow-orange, blue-purple, green, and red.
Primary colors of the Prang Color Theory
Yellow; Blue; Red. YBR
Give an example of a monochrome color scheme
Yellow; Mustard; Ivory. YMI
What two primary colors of Prang Color Theory are used to produce Purple?
Blue + Red
Complement of red in colored illumination
Blue-green
The complement of Red in the Prang Color Theory
Blue-green
List the colors which may be in a Split Complementary Color Scheme
Blue-green; Yellow-green; and Red.
List the colors which may be present in a double complementary color harmony
Blue; Orange; Blue-green; and Red-orange.
If warmer colors are dominant on a tertiary color of the Prang Color Theory, what shade will it be?
Brown
Shade of Red
Burgundy
Another name for intensity of color
Chroma, brightness or dullness of a color.
Which type of illumination provides more light for less cost?
Fluorescent
Complement of magenta in colored illumination
Green
Name the primary colors of the Spectral Color Theory
Green, Red, Indigo (blue purple). GRI
List problems associated with the Prang Color Theory
Imperfections; range of color is narrower than the range of color in nature; can't produce certain colors such as wood grain, minerals, certain skin colors, blonde color; pigment fade or bleach when exposed to sunlight/air; and not stable, differ from purchase to purchase.
Which type of illumination is high in yellow and low in blue?
Incandescent, white filament light bulb.
The complement of an intermediate hue in the Prang Color Theory is always what?
Intermediate Hue. Produce which results from mixing in equal quantities the complements of the two hues forming the intermediates.
What is the tint of Yellow
Ivory
The primary colors of the subtractive method of colored illumination
Magenta; Yellow; and Blue-green.
List the 3 related color harmonies
Monochrome, Analogous, Achromatic
Shade of Yellow
Mustard
Shade of Blue
Navy Blue
List some of the hues which may be present in an achromatic color scheme
Only includes; Black, White, Grays, Silver and Gold.
Another name for the Prang color theory
Pigmentation
What is the tint of Red
Pink
What is the tint of Blue
Powder Blue
How are intermediate hues produced in Prang Color Theory?
Prang color wheel is a circular arrangement consisting of 3 primary, 3 secondary, and 6 intermediate hues.
What color scheme uses 3 hues which have 3 hues between each on the color wheel
Primary Hues which is the basis for all other color. Yellow, Blue, and Red.
Name the secondary colors of the spectral color theory
Produced by mixing equal amounts of 2 primary colors. Points which are midway between 2 primary hues. Yellow; Blue; Violet.
Define Hue
Property of a color by which it is distinguished from others.
Another name for cooler colors in the Prang Color Theory
Receding Hues
What are the 7 spectral colors in correct order
Red (longest wave); Orange; Yellow; Green; Blue; Indigo (blue purple); Violet (red purple). ROY G BIV
