Color-Vocabulary



** C O L O R S **  

 To feel sad to feel blue Having moneyIn the black Owing money, in debtbe in the red Special honours for a special or important personthe red carpet Complicated official procedures and formsred tape Jealous of someone else's good fortunegreen with envy <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">The OK to start somethingthe green light <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">Very clear and easy to understandin black and white <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">The market not controlled by the government.the black market <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">By surprise, unexpectedlyout of the blue <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">Something that is not true but causes no harm.a white lie <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #003954; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #003954; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #003954; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;">
 * Color: **
 * Effect produced on the eye and its associated nerves by light waves of different wavelength or frequency. **


 * Color Wheel: **
 * Shows the primary colors, secondary colors, and the tertiary colors. It also shows the relationships between complementary colors **


 * Value: **
 * Refers to the lightness or darkness of a color. Colors mixed with white are called tints. **


 * Analogous Colors: **
 * Sit next to each other on the color wheel. They tend to look pleasant together because they are closely related. **


 * Mood: **
 * Colors are often associated with moods. For example, we say "green with envy," "a blue mood." Certain colors also look cool, such as blue, green and violet; and others look warm, like red, orange and yellow. **


 * Natural Color: **
 * Artists use colors to create a variety of desired effects. When an artist paints a scene or objects realistically, colors are used in imitation of the things being painted. **


 * Color Effects: **
 * When small dots of pure color are applied close together, the viewer's eyes mix the colors. Notice that each dot of pure color the artist has used looks bright, but when your eye mixes them they are subdued, almost neutral. **


 * Black and white: **
 * The color black is one of the eight basic colors, along with red, green, yellow, blue, cyan, magenta and white, corresponding toextreme forms of reception of the eye. White is the extreme end of the visual spectrum **

** Color and Feng Shui: **
 * In the art of feng shui certain colors are associated with the 5 elements, for example: Fire element colors red, orange, pink, warm. **
 * Earth element colors brown, beige, yellow. **
 * White metal element, gold, silver, off white **
 * Water element Black, blue, turquoise. **
 * Green wood element. **