Color+Vocabulary

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Red carpet: special honors for a special or important person In black and white: very clear and easy to understand The black market: the market not controlled by the government Green with envy: Jealous of someone else's good fortune Out of the blue: By surprise, unexpectedly In the black: having money Red tape: Complicated official procedures and forms To feel blue: to feel sad A white lie: Something that is not true but causes no harm. The green light: The OK to start something

Definitions:

Color: effect produced on the eye and its associated nerves by light waves of different wavelength or frequency. Light transmitted from an object to the eye stimulates the different color cones of the retina, thus making possible perception of various colors in the object.

Color Wheels: This color wheel shows the primary colors, secondary colors, and the tertiary colors. It also shows the relationships between complementary colors across from each other on the color wheel, such as blue and orange; and analogous (similar or related) colors next to each other on the color wheel such as yellow, green and blue. Black and white may be thought of as colors but, in fact, they are not. White light is the presence of all color - black is the absence of reflected light and therefore the absence of color.

Value: refers to the lightness or darkness of a color. Colors mixed with white are called tints. Pink is a tint of red. Colors mixed with black are called shades. Burgundy is a shade of red. Paintings that use only one color and the tints and shades of that color are called monochromatic (one=mono; color=chromatic)

Analogous (uh-NAL-uh-gus) colors: sit next to each other on the color wheel. They tend to look pleasant together because they are closely related. example: yellow and orange

Mood: Colors are often associated with moods. For example, we say "green with envy," "a blue mood." Certain colors also look cool, such as blue, green and violet; and others look warm, like red, orange and yellow

Natural Color: Artists use colors to create a variety of desired effects. When an artist paints a scene or objects realistically, colors are used in imitation of the things being painted

Color effects: When small dots of pure color are applied close together, the viewer's eyes mix the colors. Notice that each dot of pure color the artist has used looks bright, but when your eye mixes them they are subdued, almost neutral

White and Black: 1. Black is the absence of color (and is therefore not a color) Explanation:

When there is no light, everything is black. Test this out by going into a photographic dark room. There are no photons of light. In other words, there are no photons of colors. 2. White is the blending of all colors and is a color. Explanation:

Light appears colorless or white. Sunlight is white light that is composed of all the colors of the spectrum. A rainbow is proof. You can't see the colors of sunlight except when atmospheric conditions bend the light rays and create a rainbow. You can also use a prism to demonstrate this.

Feng Shui and color: is an ancient Chinese system of aesthetics believed to use the laws of both Heaven and Earth to help one improve life by receiving positive [|"] qi". In feng shui, they divide the color wheel into "warm" or yin colors and "cool" or yang colors. The cooler colors have more energy, the more force. They divide colors and let you know which benefit you and which don't.