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COLOR

Color: it´s a basic element of visual language. It´s is a light impression that arrives to the eyes which send the information to the brain.

Pigment: it´s a sustant that make the materials for paint, it can be mineral, natural or artificial.

The three properties of color:

Hue: also called tone or tint. It´s the name of the color defined by its wave.

Saturation: degree of purity of a color. If acolor is very saturated it means that is very pure and doesn't have many color mix.

Value: sometimes called brightness or luminosity. it is the amount of black or white that a color has in its mix.

Complementary color: They are pairs of colour which are located one in front of each other on the colour wheel.

Warm range: It is a scale of colours that has either more yellow, more magenta, or both in its mixture. They express warmth, energy, youth ness or proximity.

Cold range: It is a scale of colors that has more cyan or blue in its mixture than any other colour. They are set on one side of the colour wheel and transmit the temperature sensation of coldness and distances.

Grey scale: It is a set of colours which only has any colour between black and white, it contains a scale of greys.