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Non-Staining Colors: Pigments that can be lifted cleanly (wet or re-wet) with little or no discoloration of the underlying paper fibers.

Staining Colors: Colors that cannot be fully removed from your paper. Staining colors permeate the fiber of the paper and leave a permanent tint. Check your hands after painting, the hardest colors to wash o . . . View Full Definition

Tertiary Colors: This is a mixture of a primary and secondary colour. Red and Orange makes Red-Orange.

Warm Colors: Are any colors which, by association, suggest warmth, such as red, orange and yellow.

Secondary Colors: Colors obtained by mixing two primary colors green, violet, and orange.

Primary Colors: Red, yellow, and blue, the mixture of which will yield all other colors in the spectrum but which themselves cannot be produced through a mixture of other colors.

Colors: Many bikers/motorcyclists join motorcycle clubs. Usually these clubs have distinctive jackets. Also, clubs will issue club patches to display on the jackets. These patches and sometimes the . . . View Full Definition

Fugitive Colors: The pigments in the 'fugitive' class of paints have the unfortunate characteristic of looking beautiful and unique when first painted but show bad side-effects over time. Side effects includ . . . View Full Definition

Broken Colors: The unequal mixing of two complementary colors.

Cold Colors: Colors at the blue end of the spectrum that suggest a cool atmosphere.