Key Terms

Vocabulary Review

The terms or "key words" related to each are presented here as reminders. However, the terms are not in alphabetical order as in the textbook but are presented in groupings or paired opposites. It is hoped that this will help to see the greater relationship between terms and their application. For the complete meaning of the term please review the definition given in the AF text.

Vocabulary of Color

Color: "The visual response to the wavelengths of light identified as red, green, blue, etc."

spectrum

How color is made visible:

additive color
subtractive color
achromatic
chroma
chromatic
Pigments

Physical properties of color:

hue
value (color-chromatic value)
high key color
low key color
intensity
neutralized color
neutrals
primary color
secondary color
intermediate color
tertiary color

Color relationships:

analogous colors
monochromatic color
complementary colors
split-complement(s)
color triad
color tetrad
simultaneous contrast
local (objective) color
subjective color
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