Color_Vocabulary

===Color: color, effect produced on the eye and its associated nerves by light waves of different wavelength or frequency. Light transmitted from an to the eye stimulates the different color cones of the retina, thus making possible perception of various colors in the object. ===

Color Wheels: Color wheels are a way to arrange colors, making it easier to select a palette that works.
===A color wheel arranges colors around the edges of a circle. Primary colors are in the middle. Three common color wheels are the artist's wheel, the subtractive wheel, and the additive wheel. ===

[[image:encyc_colorwheel.gif]]
===Color wheels are helpful in the discussion and selection of colors using any color model. A standard color wheel has 12 distinct hues, but does not have any visual information about saturation or value. These 12 hues can be classified in three categories, primary, secondary, and tertiary. ===

Analogous Colors
=== Analogous (uh-NAL-uh-gus) colors sit next to each other on the color wheel. They tend to look pleasant together because they are closely related. ===

===When small dots of pure color are applied close together, the viewer's eyes mix the colors. Notice that each dot of pure color the artist has used looks bright, but when your eye mixes them they are subdued, almost neutral. ===

===Colors are often associated with moods. For example, we say "green with envy," "a blue mood." Certain colors also look cool, such as blue, green and violet; and others look warm, like red, orange and yellow. ===