Interior Design Housing Unit COLOR TERMS/COLOR SCHEMES Name ______________________________ Assign. # _________ I. COLOR TERMS & DEFINITIONS A. PIGMENTS B. HUE – C. VALUE – D. INTENSITY – E. COLOR WHEEL – Most common device used to show the: Helps to determine __________________________ F. PRIMARY COLORS – Colors from which all other: 1. 2. 3. G. SECONDARY COLORS – Colors made by combining: 1. 2. 3. H. INTERMEDIATE (tertiary) COLORS – Colors made when a _______________________ is mixed with equal amounts of a _______________________________ next to it on the _____________________________ 1. 4. 2. 5. 3. 6. I. DOMINANT COLOR – Color that _______________________ or is used ___________ in the color scheme. J. ACCENT COLOR – Colors used _______________________________ in a room. K. TINTS – L. SHADES – M. NEUTRAL COLORS – Page 2 II. WARM AND COOL COLORS A. WARM COLORS – ( Examples) – 1. Bright and warm colors seem to ___________________ and make a room appear ___________________ 2. Warm colors are used best in a room with a ___________________________ exposure B. COOL COLORS – ( Examples) – 1. Cool colors seem to _________________ and make a room appear ___________________ and more ___________________ 2. Cool colors are used best for walls with a ______________________________ exposure III. COLOR SCHEMES A. MONOCHROMATIC - Use ___________________________ to create a color scheme B. ANALAGOUS (adjacent) – Using two or more colors that are ____________________ to create a color scheme C. COMPLEMENTARY – Using any ________________________ that are ____________ ____________________ on the color wheel to create a color scheme Page 3 D. SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY – Using a color with the _____________________________ _________________________________________ to plan a color scheme E. DOUBLE COMPLEMENTARY – Using ______________________ of colors that are ____________________________ on the color wheel to develop a color scheme F. TRIAD – Using _________________________ that are _________________________ apart on the color wheel to create a color scheme G. NEUTRAL – Using only _________________ colors in the color scheme. Warm neutrals : Cool neutrals: H. ACCENTED NEUTRAL – Using ______________ color in ________________________ of the room and ________________________ of a ________________________ used for _____________________