Color+Vocabulary

The OK to start something: The green light Something that is not true but causes no harm: A white lie By surprise, unexpectedly: Out of the blue Special honours for a special or important person: The red carpet To feel sad: To feel blue Complicated official procedures and forms: Red tape Jealous of someone else's good fortune: Green with envy Having money: In the black Very clear and easy to understand: In black and white The market not controlled by the government: The black market Owing money, in debt: Be in the red



**__ Color: __** Effect produced on the eye and its associated nerves by light waves of different wavelength or frequency. Light transmitted from an object to the eye stimulates the different color cones of the retina, thus making possible perception of various colors in the object.

**__Color Wheel:__** This color wheel shows the primary colors, secondary colors, and the tertiary colors. It also shows the relationship between complementary colors across from each other on the color wheel, such as blue and orange; and analogous colors next to each other on the color wheel such as yellow, green and blue.

**__Value:__** Value refers to the lightness or darkness of a color. Colors mixed with white are called tints. Pink is a tint of red. Color mixed with black are called shades. Burgundy is a shade of red. Paintings that use only one color and the tints and shades of that color are called monochromatic. **__Analogous colors:__** Analogous (uh-NAL-uh-gus) colors sit next to each other on the color wheel. They tend to look pleasant together because they are closely related.  **__Moods:__** 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 look warm, like red, orange and yellow.  **__Black and white:__** The answer to the question - "Are black and white colors?" **-**is one of the most debated issues about color. Ask a scientist and you'll get a reply based on physics: “Black is not a color, white is a color.” Ask an artist or a child with crayons and you'll get another: “Black is a color, white is not a color.”