Vocab List

Analogous Colors are groups of colors that are next to or adjacent to each other on the color wheel. Typically, one color is dominant (called the Primary Color), and the two complimentary on either side of the primary color would be called Tertiary Colors. 

The Yellow Orange (YO) would be considered the primary color, with Yellow (Y) and Orange (O) being the tertiary colors.


Complementary Colors are pairs of colors that when combined (in the correct proportions) produce black or white. When the colors are next to each other, they create the strongest contrast. 


In the example shown, the pairs of colors are purple and yellow, red and green, and blue and orange.

Primary colors are colors that cannot be made by mixing any other colors, but can be combined to create a variety of other colors. The three primary colors are red, blue, and yellow.

In this example, you can see how the three colors mentioned before are not, or cannot, be made from other colors; the illustration shows how the three colors come together to form other colors.

Secondary Colors are made by mixing primary colors together. Examples of secondary colors are green, purple, and orange. You can see how these colors are made through the example for Primary Colors (above).

Tertiary Colors are made by mixing a primary color with a secondary color, or by mixing two secondary colors. 
  


Asymmetry is the absence of symmetry, which  means the two sides of an object are not equal.
Symmetry is when two sides of an object mirror each other, or have balance.