First Semester Vocabulary - Art 3

Art 3 Vocabulary

Achromatic Colors - white, black, and grays.

Analogous Colors - colors that are closely related in hue, usually found next to each other on the color wheel.

Chroma - the purity of color or its lack of white, black, or grays; a hue's intensity.

Chromatic - having color.

Color - the visual response to the different wavelengths of light, identified as red, green, blue, yellow, etc. The whiter the light, the more true the color will be.

Color Tetrad - any set of four colors that form a square or rectangle within the color wheel.

Color Triad - any three colors in the color wheel that form an equilateral triangle.

Complimentary Colors - two colors directly opposite each other on the color wheel.

Contrast - contrast refers to colors, values, textures, shapes, and other elements which create visual excitement and interest through their oppositions.

High-Key Color - any color which has a value level of middle gray or lighter.

Hue - color; a specific wavelength of light.

Intensity - the saturation, strength, or purity of a color. A vivid color is of high intensity as opposed to a dull color which is of low intensity.

Monochromatic - having only one color or a range of one color's values from white to black.

Primary Color - A fundamental color which cannot be separated into any other colors. When mixed, primary colors can produce all other colors on the color wheel. They are Red, Blue, Yellow.

Secondary Color - a color produced by a mixture of two primary colors.

Split Complimentary - a color and the two colors on either side of its complimentary.

Tertiary Color - color resulting from the mixture of two secondary colors.

Value - the relative lightness or darkness of a color.

Tint - a light value of a color; to add white to a color.

Shade - the dark value of a color; to add black to a color.