Restorative Art Chp. 12 & 13

Light

Color begins with:

Optic Nerve

Within the retina of the eye lies fibers that form the ___________ nerve

Retina

Light of specific wave lengths strikes the eye, and the ________ transmits to the brain

Receptors

Within the retina lies fibers that form the optic nerve, there are six layers of cells; the most important are the _________

Cones

______ are responsible for the perception of color

Perception

________ of color is very individual with each person

Sir Isaac Newton

In 1666 _________ discovered that light is composed of seven pure colors

Dispersion

Breaking up the sunlight into seven different colors is known as

Spectrum

What is the band of pure colors?

(How many pure colors are in the spectrum? Seven)

White light

_______ all hues of spectrum in proportion that light appears colorless

Light

What is a form of electromagnetic radiation that acts on the retina of the eye to make sight possible?

Complements

_________ are directly opposite hues on the color wheel

Gray

Any two pigmentary hues which, by their mixture in equal quantities, produces __________ (An equal mixture of three primary hues reveals what color?)

Additive Process

The mixture of light is an?

Subtractive Method

Pigment theory is considered a:

Warm

Red, Orange and Yellow are ________hues:

Cool

Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet are _____________hues:

Reflects

The color of an object is identified by the wavelength of light it:

The red rays

If an apple is red, which rays are reflected?

Absorption

What is the process of taking in light rays?

Reflection

What is the return of light ray’s form surface, the bending or folding back a part upon itself?

White objects

What reflects all colors?

(in white light (combination of all spectrum color))

Black objects

What absorbs all colors?

(absent all spectrum color)

This is only when white light (sunlight) is involved

Black

What is a mixture of all pigmentary colors?

(Black is not as dark as the complete absence of light)

Hue, Value, & Intensity (Chroma)

What are the 3 dimensions of color?

Hue

What is the property by which one color is distinguished from other colors?

(The first dimension of color which refers to the name and qualifies it as its warmth or coolness)

Value

What second dimension of color that deals with the lightness or darkness of a hue?

Intensity (Chroma)

What is the 3rd dimension of color that deals with the brightness or dullness of a color?

Primary

Red, Yellow, & Blue are the ________ hues:

Primary

Which hues cannot be created by mixtures of other hues?

Gray

The mixture of the 3 primary hues results in what color?

Secondary

Orange, Green, and Purple (Indego) are the _________ hues:

Secondary

What hues lie midway between the primary hues?

Standard Hues (Standard Color Wheel)

The primary and secondary hues are called the 6:

Primary, Secondary and Intermediate

The 3 classes of hues are?

Color Wheel (12 colors)

Yellow-Orange, Yellow- Green, Blue-Green are examples of?

(When primary and secondary hues are mixed in equal strengths? Intermediate)

Intermediate Hues

What are the dulled grayed hues?

Tertiary

What colors are NOT in the spectrum?

Brown & Slate