COLOR THEORY TERMS

3. color scheme using one color to includes tints and shades
5. colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel
7. colors created by mixing colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel creating dull earth tone hues
9. colors created by mixing a primary color with an adjacent secondary color
10. element of art that is derived from reflected light
11. the visible portion of the electromagnetic light spectrum arranged by longest to shortest wavelength ROYGBIV
13. weak image of a complimentary color created on the retina as a physical reaction to staring at a color
14. plan for organizing colors
18. a dark value of any color created by mixing black into it
19. the spectrum bent into a circle used as a tool for organizing colors and identifying color schemes

1. the brightness or dullness of a hue
2. one hue and the hues on either side of its compliment
4. colors that sit side by side on the color wheel and share a common hue
6. colors that cannot be mixed from other colors but are mixed together to create all other colors R,Y,B
8. a light value of any color created by mixing the color into white
12. scheme that uses three colors that are equally spaced on the color wheel
15. colors created by mixing two primary colors together O,G,P
16. The name of a spectral color related to the wavelength of reflected light
17. the lightness or darkness of a hue