Color: morgan smythe

Color

Visible Spectrum: Visible spectrum is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye. A typical human eye will respond to wavelengths from about 390 to

700mn.

Hues: Hue is the term for the pure spectrum colors commonly referred to by the “color names”

-       Red, orange, blue. The basic hues arte called primary colors.

Primary Colors: The basic hues like orange, red, blue, yellow, and yellow.

Secondary Colors: A color produced by mixing two additive primary colors in equal proportions.

Reflective Colors: Reflected colors are those that result when light is reflected from a pigmented surface that absorbs all wavelengths except those that we see.

Tertiary Hues: The mixture of primary and secondary hues result in tertiary hues.





Complementary Hues: Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined, cancel each other out. This means that when combined, they produce a grey-scale color like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those particular two colors.






Saturation: Saturation is also referred to as “intensity” and “chroma.” It refers to the dominance of hue in the color. On the outer edge of the hue wheel are the 'pure' hues. As you move into the center of the wheel, the hue we are using to describe the color dominates less and less.






Natural Vs. Applied Color: Natural colors are the colors that occur naturally on earth that we depict usually as drown, tan, grey, and white. Applied color is a color that is applied to something with an already natural color. Diametrically opposed to Noguchi's preference for a restrained use of natural colors is the view that color applied to materials intensifies the significance of a work.





Local Color: The color an object appears if seen from nearby under normal lighting. Often these ideas of what color is are used to guide color choices in painting.






Atmospheric Color: A color that is enhanced or changed by outside forces such as smoke, fog, or light.










Interpretive Color: Color choices are guided by the artist's intent rather than by any external reality to often exaggerate an emotion or set a tone.






Emotional Aspects of Color: The way a color makes a person feel. Colors tend to have a psychological effect on people. Like pink makes us feel calm and happy, but black makes us feel sad and depressed.






Warm/ Cool Colors: We tend to relate colors to degrees of heat or cold. In general, reds and yellows are considered to be warm colors, like those of fire; blues and greens are considered to be cold, like icy water.