Color an element of design
- 2. There are 4 types of colors Additive, Primary, Secondary, and Pigment. Additive- A computer monitor uses three phosphors that appear as red, green, and blue when activated. Other colors are made by combining different intensities of these three colors. Primary- Red, Green, and Blue are the Primary colors Secondary- Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow are the Secondary Colors. Pigment- Reflected light, when a pigment absorbs certain light, wavelengths, and reflects others.
- 3. There are many abbreviations for color. HSB, RGB, CMYK, and LAB. HSB- Hue, Saturation, and Brightness RGB- Red, Green, Blue CMYK- Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black LAB- L= the lightness component that can range from 0-100 A= The green-red axis B= The blue- yellow axis. Both range from +128 to -128
- 4. Web Color- a 6 digital number is the hexadecimal equivalent of the RGB color. Custom- allows you to work matching color systems such as Pantone.
- 5. Hue- the color’s name such as blue, orange, red, etc. it is located on the color wheel expressed as a degree between 0-360 Saturation- is the purity of color. The amount of gray in proportion to the hue measured from 0-100. Brightness- the relative lightness or darkness of the color measured from 0 - 100.
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