AHS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Monochromatic Color, Secondary Color, Complementary Colors
2 Sep 2016
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Light is coming and being filtered in the cones of our eyes. (an apple looks red, but its reflecting red, isn"t actually red. Dry coloring matter, usually an insoluble powder, to be mixed with water, oil, or another base to produce paint and similar products. A substance, such as chlorophyll or melanin, that produces a characteristic color in plant or animal tissue. Hue- exceptions include brown, which is a dark orange, and pink, a light red with reduced chroma. In painting color theory, a hue refers to a pure color one without tint or shade (added white or black pigment, respectively). A hue is an element of the color wheel. Tertiary colors- red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet. Analogous colors- blue, blue-green, green (colors that are grouped together) warm and cool colors. Tint- when you add white to a color to make it lighter. Shade- when you add black to a color to make it darker.
