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12/08/2010

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Additive Color Mixing
Definition
The color mixing process used when mixing light as in theater, or on color monitors. (Additive primary colors are Red, Green and Blue (RGB) which differs from the primaries of Red, Yellow, and Blue used with pigments in Subtractive Color Mixing.
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Analogous
Definition
any 3 or 4 colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel; i.e. orange, yellow‐orange, yellow.
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assemblage
Definition
process in sculpture of connecting various materials together to produce a finished work. These things may be
glued, bolted, welded, or otherwise attached.
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axis
Definition
a core line or an imaginary center of a form indicating its linear direction.
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chiaroscurro
Definition
From Italian meaning Light/Dark. The gradual transition of values to create the illusion of light and shadow on a three dimensional form.
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color temperature
Definition
Warm and Cool colors that generally relate to the side of color wheel and it's association with nature. The quality of temperature may be affected by hues around it.
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decorative space
Definition
the arrangement of two-dimensional elements to emphasize the essential flatness of a surface.
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local color
Definition
the natural or inherent hue characteristic of a particular object.
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local value
Definition
the inherent value that describes color
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monochromatic
Definition
a color scheme utilizing one hue taken through its range of tints and shades.
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optical color mixing
Definition
the principle of allowing colored light to combine within the viewers eye. In offset printing tiny dots made up of cyan, magenta, yellow and black are used while the additive primaries of red, green and blue are optically mixed to produce a full‐range of color when viewing a color monitor. Pointillists such as Seurat discovered that optical mixture achieved greater brilliance than traditionally blending the pigments on the canvas.
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picture plane
Definition
the flat surface on which a two-dimensional work is executed
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pictorial space
Definition
he illusion of depth or distance on a two-dimensional space.
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shade
Definition
the dark value of a hue ‐ created by adding black (or by adding black + the complement). (Maroon is a shade of red.)
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subtractive color mixing
Definition
the color mixing process used with pigments or dyes. Pigments subtract from white light all aspects of the spectrum except the hue that they reject which bounces back to the eye of the viewer. Mixing two pigments like red and yellow to achieve orange means that the red is subtracting yellow from the spectrum and yellow is subtracting red from the white light. The resulting orange color is thus a diminished hue and will never be as intense or vivid as an orange pigment. Subtractive color mixture inevitably dulls the color. This contrasts with additive color mixing.
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subtractive method
Definition
a process of taking away materials by various means to give form.
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tenebrism
Definition
the extreme use of Chiaroscuro for dramatic lighting effects in painting and drawing.
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tertiary color
Definition
historically, a color produced by mixing two secondary colors.
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tint
Definition
the lightened value of a color through the addition of white. (Pink is a tint of red.)
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secondary
Definition
green orange purple
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intermediate
Definition
color produced by an equal mixture of a primary color with a secondary color adjacent to it on the color wheel.
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where warm/cool split
Definition
yellow-green/red-violet
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