Color+Vocabulary


 * Out of the **** blue **** : **** By surprise. **


 * A ** ** White ** ** lie: not true but causes no harm. **


 * The **** red **** carpet: **** Special honors for a special or important person. **


 * To feel **** blue: **** to feel sad. **


 * The ****black **** market: **** The market not controlled by the government. **


 * In ****black **** and **** white: **** Very clear and easy to understand. **


 * Green **** with envy: jealous of someone else. **


 * In the ****black: ** ** Having money. **


 * Red **** tape: **** Complicated official procedures and forms. **


 * The **** green **** light: The Ok to start something. **


 * Be in the **** red **** : owing money. **** Out of the **** blue **** : **** By surprise. **


 * A ** ** White ** ** lie: not true but causes no harm. **


 * The **** red **** carpet: **** Special honors for a special or important person. **


 * To feel **** blue: **** to feel sad. **


 * The ****black **** market: **** The market not controlled by the government. **


 * In ****black **** and **** white: **** Very clear and easy to understand. **


 * Green **** with envy: jealous of someone else. **


 * In the ****black: ** ** Having money. **


 * Red **** tape: **** Complicated official procedures and forms. **


 * The **** green **** light: The Ok to start something. **


 * Be in the **** red **** : owing money. **

 **__ Color: __** It is the effect produced on the eye and its associated nerves by light waves with different wavelength and frequency.

 **__ Color Wheel: __** It shows the primary colors, the secondary colors and finally the tertiary colors. It also shows the relationship between complementary colors, which sit on the opposite side from each other on the color wheel, such as ** yellow ** and ** purple **; and analogous colors, which sit next to each other on the color wheel such as ** blue **, ** purple ** and ** red **. It is important to add that **black** and ** white ** are not really colors; ** white ** is the presence of all the colors together and **black** is the absence of color. Color wheels are very helpful in the discussion and selection of colors. A standard color wheel has 12 different hues, but does not have any information about saturation or value. These 12 hues can be classified in three main categories: primary, secondary, and tertiary. Three basic color wheels are **the artist's wheel**, **the subtractive wheel**, and **the additive wheel**.
 * Yellow **, ** red **and ** blue ** are the primary colors. These colors are the most basic ones. You can't create them by mixing any other colors. ** Orange **, ** green ** and ** purple ** are the secondary colors. Secondary colors are made by mixing two primary colors. For instance, if you mix ** blue ** and ** yellow **, you get ** green **.

__**Value: **__ It refers to the darkness and lightness of a color. Colors mixed with black are called shades and colors mixed with white are called tints. For example, red is a shade of pink. Some paintings that use only one color and the shades and tints of that same color are known as monochromatic. So, tints are light values of a color and shades are dark values of a color.

**__Analogous colors: __**  The colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel. They tend to look very well together.

 __**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Mood: **__ <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Some colors are associated with certain moods. For example, when someone says “I´m feeling blue” they are saying that they are sad. Also there are certain colors that look cold such as blue, violet and green and others that look warm such as red, yellow and orange.

**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">__Natural Color:__ ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Artists use colors to create different effects. Colors imitate the objects that are being painted.

__**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Color effects: **__ <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In a painting, when small dots of pure color are applied close together, a person tends to mixed these colors.

__**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Black and White: **__ **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Theory 1: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This theory states that black is actually not a color, since it is the absence of light. On the other hand, white is a color because it is a combination of all colors. **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Theory 2: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This theory states that black is a color. We can see that if we mix all three primary colors. On the other hand, white is not a color, since you can´t get white by mixing any colors. **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Theory 3: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This theory states that black is not a color, since it absorbs all the colors and reflects none. White is a color because it reflects all the colors. <span style="color: windowtext; display: none; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">

**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> Color and ﻿ <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Feng ﻿ <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> Shui: **

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This theory consists of the Yin and Yang. In a color wheel, the cool part (the purples through the greens) is Yin and the warm one (yellows through reds including oranges) is Yang. The most dominant Yang color is red, since it has the most energy and the most dominant Yin color is black. There are five elements which rule the basic principles of Feng Shui and are each represented by a range of colors. This means that each color has a specific meaning which will allow you to identify the colors that benefit you and the ones that don´t. The Wood element is represented by shades of green and brown and they take on the meaning of growth, hope and rebirth. The fire element is represented by pinks, purples, reds, oranges and dark yellows and they take on the meaning of love, wealth and reputation. The earth element is represented by light yellows, light browns and also tans; they take on the meaning of stability and nourishment. The metal element is represented by white and shades of gray and they take on the meaning of clarity and creativity. And finally, the water element is represented by black and different shades of blue and they take on the meaning of purity and wisdom. Each one of the elements has a number of different years associated with it, so, you can know what´s your element by matching it with your year of birth and then determine which colors are beneficial to you. Colors can also be used in specific areas of a room with the help of a special diagram, which will help you determine which colors you should use on your home.

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