COLOR-VOCABULARY


 * __DEFINITIONS:

COLOR: __** “effect produced on the eye and its associated nerves by light waves of different wavelength or frequency. Light transmitted from an object to the eye stimulates the different color cones of the retina, thus making possible perception of various colors in the object.” **__COLOR WHEEL: __** “This color wheel shows the primary colors, secondary colors, and the tertiary colors. It also shows the relationship between complementary colors across from each other on the color wheel, such as blue and orange; and analogous (similar or related) colors next to each other on the color wheel such as yellow, green and blue. Black and white may be thought of as colors but, in the fact, they are not. White light is the presence of all color. Black is the absence of reflected light and therefore the absence of color.” __**MOODS:** __ “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”.
 * __COLOR WHEEL II __**: “A color wheel shows how colors are related. On a color wheel, each secondary color is between the primary colors that are used to make it. Orange is between red and yellow because orange is made by mixing red with yellow. What goes between secondary colors and primary colors? Intermediate, or tertiary, colors are made by mixing a primary color with a secondary color that is next to it. Red-orange, yellow-orange and yellow-green are some intermediate colors.”
 * __VALUE: __** “ Value refers to the lightness or darkness of a color. Colors mixed with white are called tints. Pink is a tint of red. Colors mixed with black are called shades. Burgundy is a shade of red. Paintings that use only one color and the tints and shades of that color are called monochromatic (one=mono; color=chromatic”.
 * __VALUE TINTS AND SHADES: __** “The lightness or darkness of a color is called its **value.** You can find the values of a color by making its tints and shades. **Tints** are light values that are made by mixing a color with white. For example, pink is a tint of red, and light blue is a tint of blue. **Shades** are dark values that are made by mixing a color with black. Maroon is a shade of red, and navy is a shade of blue
 * __ANALOGOUS COLOR: __**”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.Orange, yellow-orange, and yellow are an example of analogous colors. They are blended nicely in //Sunflowers//, a painting by [|Vincent Van Gogh] . How do you know that these colors are closely related? They share a color—each of them contains some yellow.”

2. Copy the idioms to your "Color Vocabulary" wiki page.

.-to feel sad: to feel blue. .-having money: in the black. .-special honours for a special or important person: the red carpet. .-jeaolus of someone else's good fortune: green with envy. .- the ok to start something: the green light. .- complicated official procedures and forms: red type. .- owing money in debt: be in the red. .- something that is not true but causes no harm: a white lie. .- the market not controlled by the government: the black market. .- by surprise, unexpectedly: out of the blue.