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Primary Colors
The colors yellow, red, and blue, from which it is possible to mix other colors of the color wheel.
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Secondary Colors
The colors obrained by mixing two primary colors. Examples: orange, green, violet (purple)
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Complementary Colors
Colors opposite one another on the color wheel. Red/Green, Bleu/Orange/ and Yellow/Violet are examples of complementary colors.
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Mass
The outside size and bulk of a form, such as a building or a sculpture; the vusal weight of an object.
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Neutral Colors
The colors black, white, gray, and variations of brown, included in the color family called earth colors.
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Analogous
Refers to closely related colors; a color sheme that combines several hues next to each other on the color wheel.
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Warm Colors
Colors suggesting warmth: red, yellow and orange. These colors naturally recede from the viewer.
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Cool Colors
Coors suggesting coolnes: blue, green, and violet. These colors naturally recede from the viewer.
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Aesthetics
A branch of philosophy; the study of art and theories about the nature and components of aesthetic experience.
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Distortion
The condition of being twisted or bent out of shape. In art, distortion is often used as an espressive technique.
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