Color+Vocabulary

= C O L O R V O C A B U L A R Y =

**Color:** that aspect of things that is caused by differing qualities of the light reflected or emitted by them, definable in terms of the observer or of the light, as the appearance of objects or light sources described in terms of the individual's perception of them, involving hue, lightness, and saturation for objects and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources, or, the characteristics of light by which the individual is made aware of objects or light surges trough the receptors of the eye, described in terms of dominant wavelength, luminance, and purity.


 * Color wheel:** is an organization of color hues around a circle, showing relationships between colors considered to be primary colors, secondary colors, complementary [[image:Hering-circles-horz.jpg align="right"]]colors, etc. The wheel can show more and more mixtures between colors (i.e. red-orange, green-blue, etc). The color wheel shows all of the colors, as well as which colors complement others. The colors that are directly across from each other are complementary colors.


 * Value:** is defined as the relative lightness or darkness of a color. It is an important tool for the designer/artist, in the way that it defines form and creates spatial illusions. Contrast of value separates objects in space, while gradation of value suggests mass and contour of a contiguous surface. In the drawing on the right, value contrast separates the artichoke from the background, and the separate leaves from one another, while gradation suggests the curves of leave surfaces and of the whole form.


 * Tint and shade:** these are terms to describe how a color varies from its original hue. If white is added, the lighter version of the color is called a tint of the color. On the other hand, if black is added the, darker version of the color is called a shade of the color.


 * Analogous colors:** these are colors that are adjacent or next to one another on a color wheel. An analogous color scheme is one in which only three adjacent colors are used. The theory is that colors work well or harmonize together. Usually one of these colors is dominant, or used more than the other two, in the painting.

Colors on the blue side of the spectrum are known as cool colors and include blue, purple and green. These colors are often described as calm, but can also call to mind feelings of sadness or indifference.   black is not a color; a black object absorbs all the colors of the visible spectrum and reflects none of them to the eyes. W hite is a color and reflects all the colors of the visible light spectrum to the eyes
 *  Mood: w **hile perceptions of color are somewhat subjective, there are some color effects that have universal meaning. Colors in the red area of the color spectrum are known as warm colors and include red, orange and yellow. These warm colors evoke emotions ranging from feelings of warmth and comfort to feelings of anger and hostility.
 * Black and white:**