Painting Color Study Vocabulary

Analagous     three or four colors that are next to/ adjacent to each other on the color wheel

Color    element of design, three properties hue, value and intensity

Hue name of color                             intensity – brightness of color  

 Color Wheel   colors arranged in a circle in order of the spectrum

Complementary    two colors directly across from each other on the color wheel

Cool Colors           blue, green and purple

Mirror Image   image copied - reflected

Monochromatic  different tints and shades of the same color

Neutral   beige, tan or putty

Opaque   can not see through, no light can pass through

Palette   mix colors on or store,  range of colors artist uses

Pattern  principle of design where there is repetition of an element

Pigment    dry powdered color agent

Primary     red, blue , yellow     can not be mix

Secondary    orange green purple    the colors that are made from primary

Shade    color + black

Tempera  pigment and water – type of paint

Tint    color + white

Value   lightness or darkness     usually by adding white or black

Warm Colors    red, orange,  yellow