18 Questions
What is the term for the visual agreement of all parts of a work, referring to the harmony of colors?
Color Harmony
What is the term for the use of conflicting, unrelated colors?
Dissonance
What is the term for a series of progressive intervals that are so close that individual steps cannot be distinguished?
Gradient Series
What is the term for the ability to detect differences between wavelengths of light?
Visual Acuity
What is the term for a style or design that is available in a range of combinations of colors?
Colorway
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
What is the result of mixing all three primary colors in the process wheel?
Gray-Black
What is the primary color that is blue but tending towards green in the process wheel?
Cyan
What is the result of combining all three primary colors in the light wheel?
White
What is the characteristic of cool hues in terms of color harmony?
They recede and suggest sky and water
What is the warmest hue in terms of color temperature?
Red-Orange
What is the purpose of the light wheel in terms of color notation?
To provide information about light rays and transparent color
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
What is the main difference between dyes and pigments?
Dyes are soluble in the substrate, whereas pigments are not
What is the term used to describe the process of mixing pigments together, as seen in paintings?
Subtractive Color Process
What is the purpose of a vehicle in a pigment system?
To hold the pigments together without dissolving them
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
What is the result of blending pigments together in the subtractive color process?
More light is absorbed and less is reflected
Explore the concepts of transparence, gradient, and threshold in color theory, including the role of visual acuity in detecting color differences.
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