Term
Definition
Colour
One of the twelve colours on the colour wheel
Hue
Any specific value of a colour brought to mind by its common name e.g. lemon, lime, baby blue
Value
The lightness or darkness of a hue, as aligned to the grey scale
Tint
Colour plus white
Tone
Colour plus white or grey
Shade
Colour plus black
Chroma
The reflectance or shine of a hue, or intensity
Warm
Colour dominated by red and yellow; aggressive colours
Cool
Colour dominated by blue and green; recessive colours
Complementary
Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel; warm versus cool
Direct complements
Two colours directly opposite each other on the colour wheel
Split complements
One colour and the two colours adjacent to it's direct complement
Achromatic
A colourless scheme of greys, white and black
Monochromatic
Many values of a single colour
Analogous
One primary colour and the two tertiary colours on each side
Triadic
Three equidistant colours on the wheel
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The word "some" can be an adjective (some items, some people). It can be used as a pronoun, and more rarely as an adverb describing an adjective.
Transitional phrases are used in writing to 'transition' from one thought to the other. They are placed within paragraphs and at the beginning of a sentence. These include phrases like 'in addition' and 'for example.'
Yes, an adjective is a "describing word" and "far" is describing somethings distant. It is also used as an adverb.
Adjectives are describing words. Examples of descriptive phrases include:A big brown horseA smelly shoeA colorful landscape
Ditto!
There can be various words used as self describing. Some of them starting from D are Deep, Delicate etc.
Hi, Hiya, Hey, ello.
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Quantitative observations are observations made only describing color, shape, look and feel. No numbers can be used. This means if you are describing an object, you cannot state it's weight because it contains a number.
Words used to connect words and phrases are conjunctions.
Words and phrases referred to as colloquial are only used in informal speaking and writing. These phrases are conversational in nature. A few examples of these phrases are, "raining cats and dogs," "old as the hills," and "more than one way to skin a cat."
The four phrases Charlotte wrote in her web were "Some Pig," "Terrific," "Radiant," and "Humble." These phrases helped save Wilbur by attracting attention and convincing people that he was special.
The name of a color, or its hue, is the most basic form of describing color. The Pantone color matching system is the best to use to find a specific color, i.e. your idea of turquoise. With computers a numerical readout can be used to describe a color.
The word "some" can be an adjective (some items, some people). It can be used as a pronoun, and more rarely as an adverb describing an adjective.
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