Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Color Definitions

Hue: A Variety of Color
Chroma: Purity of a color
Tint: Light of a Color
Tone: Tint or Shade Value
Shade: Darkness of a color
Complimentary Colors: Red Green, Yellow Violet, and Blue Orange.
Analogous Colors: Groups of colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel  
Contrasting Colors: Two colors from different segments of the color wheel
Texture: The way the work feels
Graphic Design Principles: Proximity, Alignment, Repetition, Contrast, Typography
Balance: Composition or placement of elements of colors
Symmetry: the correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane, line, or point

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