Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Some Notes on Color, from the "Elements of Design and Composition " lecture.
- Hue: Hue refers to the color itself. Each different hue is a different reflected wavelength of light.
- Value: value refers to the lightness or darkness of the hue. Adding white to a hue produces a tint.
- Intensity: Intensity, also called chroma or saturation. It refers to the brightness of a color
- Temperature: describing a color by how cool or warm a color is.
Monochromatic: The color plus white and the color plus black. In other words, various tints of a hue
Analogous: Colors that are side by side on the color wheel .
Complementary: Colors that opposite eachother on the color wheel.
Split Complementary: Two colors that are directly on either side of the color that is opposite.
Triad: Three colors that are equally spaced on the color wheel
Tetrad: Four colors that are equally spaced on the color wheel
Sunday, June 24, 2012
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