Color Theory - Questions

What is the difference between shade and tint?
- Shade is the level of monochromatic element that the image reflects
- Tint is the level of color that the image contains
What is the colour system used for printing?
- Magenta, Cyan and Yellow are used as primary colors
How can you ensure proper colour rendering in print?
What are complementary colours? Give an example
- Colors opposite of one another on the color wheel. Example: Red and Green.
What are tertiary colours? Give an example
- Colors formed by the mixing of secondary colors. Example: Magenta.
What is meant by a visually advancing colour?
- An advancing color is an active color that dominates in the dimension of standing out when contrasting passive colors. An active color being a bright red, whereas a passive color being a dark blue.
What could cause vibrating boundaries to occur?
How can you find a complementary colour without a colour wheel?
What is an after image?
- After staring at an image for a prolonged period of time, you may portray that particular image after dismissing the image you were staring at.
What is a monochromatic colour relationship?
- Having different shades of the same color hue in a color scheme.
What is an analogous colour relationship?
- Having colors close to one another in the color wheel compliment one another in a color scheme.
What is contrast?
- Contrast is the opposition of two elements or subjects.
What could cause simultaneous contrast to occur?
- A double-splitted complementary color scheme.
Name and describe three of Itten’s Colour Contrasts.
- The Contrast of Saturation: Juxtaposing two or more colors of light and dark, but within the same color saturation.
- The Contrast of Light and Dark: Juxtaposing light and dark values, regardless of saturation.
- The Contrast of Hue: Juxtaposing values of different hues.
How do you determine the dominant colour?
- The dominant color is basically the color that takes up the highest total amount of space in your sheme.
How can you create an accent with colour?
What is the difference between contrast dominant and value dominant?
- Contrast dominant would be the intensity of contrast between different colors and values, whereas value dominant would be the standing out of a particular brightness of a color.
What is one method of identifying possible options for colour schemes?
- With the theme of the subject in mind, determine what colors could portray that particular theme. Also, with the theme of the subject, you could determine what colors could attract the attention of viewers to that particular theme.