Color_Vocabulary

=Be in the red: owing money, in debt= =In black and white: Very clear and easy to understand= =Red tape: Complicated official procedures and forms= =Out of the blue: by surprise, unexpectedly.= =A white lie: something that is not true but causes no harm.= =The red carpet: special honours for a special or important person.= =To feel blue: to feel sad= =the black market: the market not controlled by the government.= =Green with envy: jealous of someone else´s good fortune.= =In the black: having money= =The green light: The OK to start something= = = = = =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: is 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.= = = =Value: Value refers to the lightness or darkness of a color. Colors mixed with white are called tints. Colors mixed with black are called 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 colors: colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel. They tend to look pleasant together because they are closely related.= =Mood colors: 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.= =Natural colors: colors that resemble nature. Artists use colors to create a variety of desired effects. When an artist paints a scene or objects realistically, colors are used in imitation of the things being painted.= =Color effects: you can use colors to make things look like something they are not or to exaggerate their state. Depending on the effect you can do what ever your imagination dictates, some of the most common effects are the use of shadows and tints to make an object in a painting seem to be far away or under rain or covered in fog.= =Black and white: When there is no light, everything is black. Test this out by going into a photographic dark room. There are no photons of light. In other words, there are no photons of colors. Black is the absence of color (and is therefore not a color). White is the blending of all colors and is a color. Light appears colorless or white. Sunlight is white light that is composed of all the colors of the spectrum. A rainbow is proof. You can't see the colors of sunlight except when atmospheric conditions bend the light rays and create a rainbow. You can also use a prism to demonstrate this. The sum of all the colors of light add up to white. This is additive color theory.= =Feng shui: it is an ancient system in aesthetics that uses 5 elements represented by different colors to improve life.=