Color Theory

Color Theory

1. Hue: Is the word that describes the pure spectrum of color
2. Value: Is the relative darkness of lightness of a color

   

   Example of Color Value

3. Saturation: Is how pure or vivid Hue is
4. How many colors are available on our computers?
5. Secondary Color: Is a color resulting from the mixing of two primary colors (Red, Yellow, or Blue).
6. Tertiary Colors: Are the resulting color formed when an equal amount of primary and secondary color are mixed.
7. Complementary Colors: Are colors directly opposite each other in the color spectrum.

   

   Example of a Traditional Color Wheel

   

   Example of a Photoshop (RGB) Color Wheel

8. Primary Colors in Photoshop: RGB( Red, Green, Blue) and CMYK(Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black)
9. Secondary Colors in Photoshop: These are the colors you get when you mix any two of the primary colors in photoshop.
10. Subtractive Color Model: Explains the mixing of limited set of dyes, inks, paint pigments or natural colorants to create a wider range of colors, each the result of partially or completely subtracting some wavelengths of light and not others.
11. Additive Color Model: Is the RGB color model in which red, green and blue light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors.
12. RGB is an additive color model.
13. The CYMK color model is a subtractive door model, used in color printing, and is also used to describe the printing process itself.
14. Analogous Colors: This color scheme uses colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel. one color is used as a dominant color while others are used to enrich 
15. Tint: This is a shade or a variety of colors.
16. Shade: Comparative darkness and coolness caused by shelter from direct sunlight.
17. Neutral: Is not helping or supporting either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartial.
18. Monochromatic: Means it is containing or using only one color.

Example of Monochromatics

1. Warm Colors in general are made up of reds, yellows, oranges, and a combination of all three together. These colors symbolize warmth like the sun, fire, or a summers day.
2. Cool Colors in general are made up of greens, blues, purples, and a mix of all three. These colors are meant to symbolize the cold like ice, snow, or winter.
3. The color Blue is associated with stability.
4. The color Purple is associated with royalty and magic.
5. White is the color most associated with cleanliness.
6. Green is the color associated with freshness.
7. Yellow and Orange are the colors that are the closest in association with joy.
8. Red is the color that represents passion and danger.

Example of the Color Red's Meaning