"Color is the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum."
The visual sensation produced by the reflection, absorption, or transmission of light. Its properties include hue, value, and saturation.
Color Theory: Understanding the principles of how color works, such as the color wheel, complementary colors, warm and cool colors, and how colors interact with one another.
Color Temperature: The measurement of how warm or cool a color is, and how it can impact the mood and feel of a piece of art.
Color Harmony: Understanding how to create a pleasing and unified color scheme by selecting colors that work well together.
Color Psychology: Understanding how color can impact human emotion and behavior, and how it can be used to convey different messages and meanings in art.
Color Mixing: Understanding how to mix primary colors to create secondary colors, and how to create different shades, tones, and tints.
Color Value: Understanding the importance of lightness and darkness in color, and how it can impact the depth and dimension of a piece of art.
Color Contrast: Understanding the importance of contrasting colors to create visual interest and depth in a piece of art.
Color Trends: Understanding current and historical trends in color, and how they can impact the way art is perceived and valued.
Color in Advertising: Understanding how color is used in marketing and advertising to convey messages and influence consumer behavior.
Colorblindness: Understanding the impact of color blindness on the perception of color, and how it can impact the creation and interpretation of art.
Hue: Refers to the actual color of an object, as perceived by the eye.
Saturation: Refers to the purity or intensity of a hue; highly saturated colors appear more vivid, while desaturated colors appear more muted.
Value: Refers to the lightness or darkness of a color; high values indicate lighter colors, while low values indicate darker ones.
Warm colors: Include reds, oranges, and yellows; these colors are often associated with warmth, energy, and liveliness.
Cool colors: Include blues, greens, and purples; these colors are often associated with calmness, tranquility, and relaxation.
Primary colors: Include red, blue, and yellow; these colors are fundamental and cannot be created by mixing other colors.
Secondary colors: Include orange, green, and purple; these colors are created by mixing two primary colors together.
Tertiary colors: Include yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet, red-orange, and yellow-orange; these colors are created by mixing a primary color with a secondary color.
Complementary colors: Are colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel, such as red and green or blue and orange; when placed together, complementary colors create a dynamic contrast.
Analogous colors: Are colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel, such as red, orange, and yellow; these colors create a harmonious and unified effect.
Monochromatic colors: Are variations of a single hue; these colors create a minimalist and sophisticated effect.
Neutral colors: Include black, white, gray, and beige; these colors are often used as a background or base color and can create a sense of balance and calmness.
Vibrant colors: Are highly saturated colors that appear vivid and eye-catching; these colors are often used to create a bold and dramatic effect.
Pastel colors: Are lighter shades of a hue, often with a high value; pastel colors create a soft and delicate effect.
Metallic colors: Include gold, silver, and bronze; these colors can create a luxurious and elegant effect.
"Color perception is related to an object's light absorption, reflection, emission spectra, and interference."
"For most humans, colors are perceived in the visible light spectrum with three types of cone cells (trichromacy)."
"Animal perception of color originates from different light wavelength or spectral sensitivity in cone cell types, which is then processed by the brain."
"Colors have perceived properties such as hue, colorfulness (saturation), and luminance."
"Colors can also be additively mixed (commonly used for actual light) or subtractively mixed (commonly used for materials)."
"For convenience, colors can be organized in a color space, which when being abstracted as a mathematical color model can assign each region of color with a corresponding set of numbers."
"Color spaces are an essential tool for color reproduction in print, photography, computer monitors, and television."
"Because the perception of color is an important aspect of human life, different colors have been associated with emotions, activity, and nationality."
"In visual arts, color theory is used to govern the use of colors in an aesthetically pleasing and harmonious way."
"The theory of color includes the color complements."
"The theory of color includes color balance."
"The theory of color includes the classification of primary colors (traditionally red, yellow, blue)."
"The theory of color includes the classification of secondary colors (traditionally orange, green, purple)."
"The theory of color includes the classification of tertiary colors."
"The study of colors in general is called color science."
"Color spaces are an essential tool for color reproduction in print, photography, computer monitors, and television."
"The most well-known color models are RGB, CMYK, YUV, HSL, and HSV."
"Other animals may have a different number of cone cell types or have eyes sensitive to different wavelength, such as bees that can distinguish ultraviolet, and thus have a different color sensitivity range."
"Color perception is related to an object's light absorption, reflection, emission spectra, and interference."