Create a new blog post called: Color Theory
Please read the materials listed below and answer the following questions
Provide examples where indicated on canvas' 800px W x 250px H Resolution 72ppi
- Define hue: a color or shade
- Define value: a set of numbers that uniquely identifies a color
- Example: Choose your favorite color. Demonstrate VALUE using 7+ photos (light to dark of your chosen hue). Canvas specs above
- Define saturation: dominance of hue in a color
- How many colors are available on our computers?
- 16,777,216
- Define secondary color: a color created by mixing 2 primary colors in a given color space
- Define tertiary color: color created by mixing an equal amount of primary and secondary colors
- Define complementary colors: colors that when they are mixed together, cancel each other out
Example of a traditional color wheel
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| Example of Photoshop(RGB) Color Wheel |
- What are the primary colors in Photoshop? (RGB) Red, Green, Blue (CMYK) Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
- What are the secondary colors in Photoshop? Orange, Violet, Green
- Define subtractive color model:explains the mixing of a limited set of dyes, inks, paint pigments or natural colorants to create a wider range ofcolors, each the result of partially or completely subtracting (that is, absorbing) some wavelengths of light and not others
- Define additive color model: in which red, green, and blue light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors
- Is RGB additive or subtractive? additive
- What is the CYYK color model used for? used for color printing
- Define analogous colors: Three groups of colors that are next to each other on the color wheel
- Define tint: A tint is a mixing result of an original color to which has been added white.
- If you tinted a color, you've been adding white to the original color.
- A tint is lighter than the original color.
- Define shade: A shade is a mixing result of an original color to which has been added black.
- If you shaded a color, you've been adding black to the original color.
- A shade is darker than the original color.
- Define neutral: a color that is neither darker nor lighter
- Define monochromatic: The monochromatic color scheme uses variations in lightness and saturation of a single color.
- Example: Create a canvas demonstrating a grayscale color scheme from White to Black using 7+ photos. Canvas specs above
- What can be said in general about warm colors? Most Bright colors
- What can be said in general about cool colors? They are not overpowering
- Which color is associated with stability? green
- Which color symbolizes royalty? purple
- Which is the color of cleanliness? white
- Which color symbolism freshness? green
- Which colors are associated with joy? yellow, green, and blue
- Which color symbolizes passion and danger? red
- Example: create a visual example for one of questions 22-27 using 4 photos. Canvas Specs Above.
