Color Theory

Vocabulary:

Analogous- Colors that can be found next to one another on the color.  Usually a set of three.

Complementary (Contrasting)- Color sets that are opposite of one another on the color wheel.  Yellow & Violet, Blue & Orange, Red & Green, Black & White

Compostion- the arrangement of the visual elements; where you put things on your paper

Cool- Colors that remind us of things that are cold.  Blue, Violet, and Green

Hue- Another word for color

Monochromatic- Many values of one color.  Blue, Light Blue, Dark Blue, Denim Blue, Sky Blue

Neutral- Colors not found on the regular color wheel.  They are the absence of color, all colors mixed together, or complementary colors mixed together.  When mixed with another color, they make that color lighter or darker.  Black, White, Gray, and Brown

.Primary- Three pigment color that are mixed to create all other colors.  Red, Yellow, and Blue

ROY G BIV- The name given to the colors and order of a rainbow.  This is a way to help remember the correct order. Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet

Secondary- Colors formed when mixing two primary colors together.  Orange, Green, and Violet

Tertiary- Colors formed when mixing a primary and a secondary color together.  That is why the color has two names (primary-secondary) such as yellow-green, yellow-orange, blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet, and red-orange

Warm- Colors that remind us of things that are warm.  Red, Yellow, and Orange

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