Color_vocabulary

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** 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. A color wheel shows how colors are related. On a color wheel, each secondary color is between the primary colors that are used to make it. Orange is between red and yellow because orange is made by mixing red with yellow. What goes between secondary colors and primary colors? Intermediate, or tertiary, colors are made by mixing a primary color with a secondary color that is next to it. Red-orange, yellow-orange and yellow-green are some intermediate colors. 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). The lightness or darkness of a color is called its **value.** You can find the values of a color by making its tints and shades.
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 * Value: Tints and Shades**
 * Tints ** are light values that are made by mixing a color with white. For example, pink is a tint of red, and light blue is a tint of blue.
 * Shades ** are dark values that are made by mixing a color with black. Maroon is a shade of red, and navy is a shade of blue.

**Analogous Colors** 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.

Orange, yellow-orange, and yellow are an example of analogous colors. They are blended nicely in //Sunflowers//, a painting by Vicent Van Gogh. How do you know that these colors are closely related? They share a color—each of them contains some yellow. 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. 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. 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. Ask a scientist and you'll get the physics reply: “Black is not a color, white is a color.” Ask an artist or a child with crayons and you'll get another: “Black is a color, white is not a color.” Black is not a color; a black object absorbs all the colors of the visible spectrum and reflects none of them to the eyes. White is a color. White reflects all the colors of the visible light spectrum to the eyes.
 * Mood **
 * Natural colors**
 * Color effects**
 * Black and White**

Color Idioms. To feel blue: to feel sad. Lie that doesn´t hurts: White lie. Owing money: be in the red. Special Honours: red carpet. By surprise: out of the blue. OK to start: green light. Very clear: in black and white. Complicated forms: red tape. Jealous of someone: Green with envy. Market not controlled: black market. Having money: in the black.