Color_Vocabulary

=Idioms With Colors=

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The **black** market. The market not controlled by the government

Jealous of someone else's good fortune.
 * Green** with envy.

Complicated official procedures and forms.
 * Red** tape.

In **black** and **white.** Very clear and easy to understand.

To feel **blue.** To feel sad.

Out of the **blue.** By surprise, unexpectedly.

A **white** lie. Something that is not true but causes no harm.

In the **black.** Having money.

The **green** light. The OK to start something.

The **red** carpet. Special honours for a special or important person.

Be in the **red**. Owing money, in debt.

Source: Quiz Revolution

=Color Vocabulary=

Source: Fact Monster
 * Color:** (Noun). The effect produced on the eye and its associated nerves by light waves of different wavelength or frequency. Light transmited from an object to the eye simulates the different color cones of the retina, thus making possible perception of various colors in the object.

Source: The Artist's Toolkit
 * Color Wheel:** A chart that shows the primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors, and the relationships between complementary colors and analogous colors.

**Subtractive Color Wheel:** This color wheel uses the printing inks cyan, magenta, and yellow as primary colors. Source: DevX.com

**Additive Color Wheel:** This color wheel displays the additive colors used for projected light. When mixed together the additive primaries form white. Source: DevX.com

Source: The Artist's Toolkit
 * Value**: Refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.

Source: Fact Monster
 * Tints:** (Noun). Light values that are made by mixing a color with white.

Source: Fact Monster
 * Shades:** (Noun). Dark values that are made by mixing a color with black.

Source: Fact Monster
 * Analogous Colors:** Colors that are placed next to each other in the color wheel. They tend to look pleasant together because they are closely related and share many common attributes.

Source: Fact Monster
 * Complementary Colors:** Colors that are placed in opposite sides of the color wheel. they tend to look specially lively when used together. Opposite each other provide high color contrast.

Source: DevX.com
 * Split-Complementary Colors:** Are those on either side of the complementary color. They contrast, but not as strongly as complementary colors.

**Triad Colors:** Are equidistant colors that provide a balanced color scheme. Source: DevX.com

**Mood:** Colors are associated with moods. The warm colors are made with red, orange, and yellow. Warm colors tend to transmit the sense of sunlight or warmth. On the other side, cold colors are made with blue, green and purple, and they tend to transmit the sense of cool and peaceful things.  Source: Fact Monster

**Natural color:** Colors used to imitate the existing things on a painting. When an artist use colors to paint an object or scene realistically. Source: The Artist's Toolkit

Source: The Artist's Toolkit
 * Color Effects:** you can use color for expressive or symbolic purposes, creating different effects by the use of dots of different colors, or playing with complementary and analogous colors, to make highlight something or to give it harmony.

Source: Color Matters
 * Black & White:** Considering the two theories, if we think of color as light, black is the absence of color and light is the reflection of all the colors, so in this case, white is a color, but black is not. If we think of color as the result of pigments, then is chemically proved that black is a color and white is not.

Colors are also divided into elements that are closely related to moods and energy. This elements are: Source: Feng Shui Room Design
 * Color Application in Feng Shui:** According to Feng Shui the cool side of the spectrum is related to Ying, and the warm side is related to Yang. Black is the most Ying color and Red is the most powerful Yang color.
 * **Wood Elements:** Shades of green and brown. Meaning: Growth, hope, and rebirth.
 * **Fire Elements:** Purple, pink, red, orange, dark yellow. Meaning: Wealth, love and reputation.
 * **Earth Elements:** Shades of light yellow, light brown, tan. Meaning: Stability.
 * **Metal Elements:** White and shades of gray. Meaning: Clarity and creativity.
 * **Water Elements:** Black and shades of blue. Meaning: Purity and wisdom.

=Color In Motion=



My Favorite Color
My favorite color is orange, which is created by mixing red and yellow, and its associated shape is a rectangle. It´s complementary color is blue, which is also a color I like. Orange is related to communication, in topics as warning, inspiration and assistance. To express warning, we can appreciate its use in traffic, as warning signs, cones, road worker´s clothes, and many other routes complements. It represent the inspiration for the humility and renunciation of the Buddhist in India, and the plenitude of love and happiness of the people of China and Japan. It also symbolizes assistance, coziness, generosity, friendship, and many other social aspects. Active situations and excitement, like fitness and sports, are also portrayed in the color orange. the abundance and flavorful of fruits, opportunities and even life are also represented in it. On the other hand, this color can also represent negative aspects such as exaggeration and outrage, because of its shocking way to catch the attention of the people who see it. It can also represent the tiredness because of its compromise to activity and excitement. Finally, the color orange represent many positive actions, thoughts, and even tangible things that usually make reference to social aspects of life.

Source: Color In Motion