Art and Design: Color Theory

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What is the term for the visual agreement of all parts of a work, referring to the harmony of colors?

Visual Unity

Color Harmony (correct)

Color Balance

Color Chords

What is the term for the use of conflicting, unrelated colors?

Color Harmony

Dissonance (correct)

Color Dissonance

Color Contrast

What is the term for a series of progressive intervals that are so close that individual steps cannot be distinguished?

Gradient Series (correct)

Threshold

Color Gradient

Color Harmony

What is the term for the ability to detect differences between wavelengths of light?

Visual Acuity Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a style or design that is available in a range of combinations of colors?

Colorway Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a color system that is based on the viewer's reaction to colors when they are placed next to each other?

Partitive Color Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of mixing all three primary colors in the process wheel?

Gray-Black Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary color that is blue but tending towards green in the process wheel?

Cyan Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of combining all three primary colors in the light wheel?

White Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of cool hues in terms of color harmony?

They recede and suggest sky and water Signup and view all the answers

What is the warmest hue in terms of color temperature?

Red-Orange Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the light wheel in terms of color notation?

To provide information about light rays and transparent color Signup and view all the answers

What type of color model is used in theatrical lighting or television, where colored filters are placed in front of a projected light ray?

Additive Color Model Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between dyes and pigments?

Dyes are soluble in the substrate, whereas pigments are not Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the process of mixing pigments together, as seen in paintings?

Subtractive Color Process Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a vehicle in a pigment system?

To hold the pigments together without dissolving them Signup and view all the answers

Why is additive color sensed differently from color reflected from a 'real' surface?

Because additive color is sensed directly, whereas reflected color is sensed indirectly Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of blending pigments together in the subtractive color process?

More light is absorbed and less is reflected Signup and view all the answers