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20 Cards in this Set
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When white light strikes a green object, what happens?
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Objects have obsorbed all colors of the spectrum but wavelengths of green
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Define warm and cool colors
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Warm- yellow, orange, red
Cool- green, blue, violet |
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A color scheme made up of one color and its tints and shades is called ____.
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Hue
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A color scheme made up of colors which neighbor each other on the color wheel is called _____.
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Analogous
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Colors which are opposite each other on the color wheel are called ______.
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Complementary
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When white is added to a color, the result is called a ___.
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Tint
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When black is added to a color, the result is called a ____.
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Shade
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Color has 3 primary characteristics. What are they? Define each one
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1. Hue- basic color
2. Value/key- relative level of light/darkness 3. Intensity or saturation- relative purity of color's hue, function of bright/dullness |
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What is value or key?
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Relative level of brightness/darkness
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Define chiaroscuro
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Use of light and dark to creat the effect of 3-D, modeled surfaces
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Artemesia Gentileschi utilized an extreme form of chiaroscuro, called ______. The term means "murky" and helps create a mood of heightened drama
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Tenebrism
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Value or key can create specific moods in a work of art. It can also help to creat the illusion of ____ on a flat surface.
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3-D
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To create areas of tonal value, using line alone, an artist uses a technique called _____
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Hatching
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When an artist paints objects according to the color what we most often see in those objects, the artist is using _____ color
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local
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What is meant by subtractive color? Why is the process of mixing pigments called "subtractive?"
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Mixing 2 primaries which results in duller color than either primaries; resulting color absorbs twice as much light as either of sources
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What techniques can an artist use to reduce a color's saturation or intensity?
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adding gray or hue opposite on color wheel
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The diagram in which the sphere is shaded to make it look solid in your book utilizes a principle called "light logic." What are the main parts of the shaded model?
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Highlight light, shadow, core of shadow, reflected light, cast shadow
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What are the primary colors? Why are they called primaries?
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Red, yellow, blue
- cannot be made my mixing any other colors |
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What are the secondary colors? How do you get them?
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Orange, green, violet
- Mix of 2 primaries each lies between |
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Define aerial perspective
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Designed to suggest 3-D
-Forms distant become less distinct |