Color+Vocabulary+Assignment

**Hue** The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength. exp. pink, crimson, and brick are all red but different hues of red **Primary Colors** They are sets of colors that can be combined to make a useful range of colors. exp. red, blue, yellow **Tertiary Colors** They are created by mixing primary and secondary colors. exp. red-orange, yellow-orange, blue-green, yellow-green, blue-violet, red-violet **Analogous Colors** Colors next to each other on the color wheel. When placed to together they match well and our comfortable. exp. red-violet, violet, blue-violet **Monochromatic Colors** They are all the colors of a single hue. exp. blue, blue-green, blue-violet **Complementary Colors** Colors opposite each other on the color wheel. exp. red and green **High Intensity** Means the color is very bright and vibrant. There is also very little black or white in the color. exp. neon **Low Intensity** Means the color is duller and more subdued, more white or black is added. exp. pastel **Warm Colors** Vivid and energetic and tend to advance in space. exp. red, yellow, orange **Cool Colors** Give an impression of calm and create a soothing impression. exp. blue, purple, green
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**Painting Match:**

**Giorgio De Chiricho. //Torino printanière.//** 1914. Oil on canvas. **Tertiary Colors:** **Giorgio De Chiricho. //Piazza d'Italia.//** 1913. Oil on canvas. **Analogous Colors:** **David Hockney.** Portrait of Nick Wilder ,1966. Acrylic on canvas. **Monochromatic Color:** **Mark Wethli.** Under A Northern Sky, 1992. Oil on linen **Complementary Colors:** **Paul Signac.** The Papal Palace, Avignon. 1900. Oil on canvas **High-Intensity Color:** **Georgia O’Keefe.** Gate of an Adobe Church, 1929, Oil on canvas **Low-Intensity Color:** **Mark Wethli** Autumn Light, 1995. Oil on linen **Warm Colors:** **Claude Monet.** The Floating Ice, 1880, Oil on Canvas **Cool Colors:** **Wolf Kahn.** Marlboro Woods, 1999, Oil on Canvas