Color_vocabulary

C O L O R

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 Wheel: **  A color wheel shows the relationship between colors, starting by the primary ones. This particular 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.  Color wheels are a way to arrange colors, making it easier to select a palette that works.

 A color wheel arranges colors around the edges of a circle. Primary colors are in the middle. Three common color wheels are the artist's wheel, the subtractive wheel, and the additive wheel.

 Color wheels are helpful in the discussion and selection of colors using any color model. A standard color wheel has 12 distinct hues, but does not have any visual information about saturation or value. These 12 hues can be classified in three categories, primary, secondary, and tertiary.
 * **Primary ** colors are the defining colors of the wheel. In the color wheels below, they appear in the center as well as equally spaced around the circle. On the traditional artist's color wheel red, blue, and yellow are primary colors.
 * **Secondary ** colors are the three colors that are equal distant from the primary colors. On the traditional artist's color wheel violet, green, and orange are secondary colors.
 * **Tertiary ** colors are the colors between each primary and secondary color. On the traditional artist's color wheel red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, and red-orange are tertiary colors.

 **The artist's color wheel**. This color wheel uses red, yellow, and blue as primary colors. This is used for mixing paints.




 * The subtractive color wheel **. This color wheel uses the printing inks cyan, magenta, and yellow as primary colors. **Note:** Because cyan, magenta, and yellow inks do not combine to make black, the printing process adds black as a fourth ink.

<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **Additive Color**. This color wheel displays the additive colors used for projected light. When mixed together the additive primaries form white. The primaries are red, green and blue. These colors are extremely bright because light that is projected can be far more intense than printed color.

<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **Value**: Value refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.

<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **Tints**: Colors mixed with white are called tints. Pink is a tint of red.

<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **Shades**: Colors mixed with black are called shades. Burgundy is a shade of red.

<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **Analogous Colors:** colors sit next to each other on the color wheel. They tend to look pleasant together because they are closely related. For example, Yellow and green are analogous since they are next to each other, both color have some yellow in them.

<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **Mood:** Colors are often related to mood. Some colors, called the cold ones, have a more calm, distant feeling. The opposite of these are the warm colors, that are vibrant and energetic. <span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **Natural Color**: Depending on how an artist uses color, it can have a very realistic effect. Using white for lights and black for shadows, the artist can reach a very natural effect in a painting.

<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **Color Effects**: depending on how a painting uses color, it can cause different visual effects. For example, when several dots of pure color are applied close together, the viewer's eyes mixes them creating a unified texture, even if it is made out of many dos of color. Another visual effect than can be caused by color is movement. Warm colors tend to look as if they're coming closer, while the cool ones seem to recede. If this is used properly by the artist, it makes the painting seem as if it is moving.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Black and White **<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Are these colors? No, black is not a color; a black object absorbs all the colors of the visible spectrum and reflects none of them to the eyes. Yes, white is a color. White reflects all the colors of the visible light spectrum to the eyes.

<span style="color: #92d050; font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">The vocabulary colors also can be used in some terms to others topics, like be show in these examples:

<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">: the market not controlled by the government.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The black market **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Be in the red **<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">: owing money, in debt.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">To feel blue **<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">: to feel sad.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The red carpet **<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">: special honours for a special or important person.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Out of the blue **<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">: by surprise, unexpectedly.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">White lie **<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">: something that is not true but causes no harm.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In black and white **<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">: very clear and easy to understand.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Red tape **<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">: complicated official procedures and forms.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Green with envy **<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">: jealous of someone else's good fortune.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The green light **<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">: teh OK to start something.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the black **<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Heiti Std R',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Having money.