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Art- Quiz #2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chiarosuro. | From the Italian meaning “light-dark”. the use of value contrast to represent the effects of light and shadow. |
| Color. | An art element with three properties: hue, value, and intensity. Also, the character of surfaces created by the response of vision to wavelengths of reflected light. |
| Colar harmonies. | Combinations of colors that are considered satisfying or that produce certain effects. |
| Color interaction. | The term used for when colors Hue, value, or intensity is affected by colors nearby. |
| Color schemes. | Color harmonies or combinations of colors generally considered aesthetically pleasing or used to create a certain effect. |
| Color Wheel. | A diagram showing the spectrum of colors and the relation to one another. |
| Complementary Colors. | Two colors that are directly opposite of each other on the color wheel, meaning they are in extreme contrast with each other. |
| Cool Colors. | Those colors in which blue is dominant, found on the right side of the color wheel. |
| Hue. | The property of color that distinguishes one gradation from another and gives it its name. |
| Intensity. | The degree of purity, saturation, or strength of a color. High-intensity colors are bright: low-intensity colors are dull. |
| Intermediate colors. | Colors produced by mixing a primary color and the adjacent secondary color on the color wheel, and made by mixing under uneak unequal primaries. (For example, yellow and green for yellow-green, and adding more yellow to blue makes yellow-green.). |
| Monochromatic. | One color that is modified by changing the values and saturation of the hue by additions of black or white. |
| Primary Colors. | The three basic colors, red, yellow, and blue, from which it is possible to mix all the other colors. The primaries cannot be produced by mixing pigments. |
| Saturation. | The purity, vividness, or intensity of a color. |
| Secondary Colors. | Colors that result from a mixture of two primary colors. On the twelve-color wheel, orange, green, and violet. |
| Shade. | Variations in the dark and light of a color made by adding black to the color. |
| Shade is related to the color... | Black. |
| Tint is related to the color... | White. |
| Tone is related to the color... | Grey. |
| Shading. | Variations in the darkness and lightness of a color, often used by artists to create an illusion of volume on a flat surface. |
| Spectrum. | Bands of colored light created when white light is passed through a prism. Also, the full range of colors. |
| Value. | An element of art concerned with the degree of lightness of colors. Darker colors are lower in value. |
| Warm Colors. | Those hues in which yellow and red are dominant. |