1. Warm-up:

a) What colours are in fashion?

b) What colours are often used in the Internet? Why?

2. Text for oral translation and brief retelling.

Color wheel software A number of interactive color wheel applications are available both on the internet and as desktop applications. These programs are used by artists and designers to simplify the task of picking matching colors for a design.

Color schemes Color schemes are logical combinations of colors on the color wheel. In color theory, a color scheme is the choice of colors used in design for a range of media. For example, the use of a white background with black text is an example of a common default color scheme in web design. Color schemes are used to create style and appeal. Colors that create an aesthetic feeling when used together will commonly accompany each other in color schemes. A basic color scheme will use two colors that look appealing together. More advanced color schemes involve several colors in combination, usually based around a single color; for example, text with such colors as red, yellow, orange and light blue arranged together on a black background in a magazine article. Color schemes can also contain different shades of a single color; for example, a color scheme that mixes different shades of green, ranging from very light (almost white) to very dark.

3. Correct the jumbled sentences:

a) number on interactive internet. color wheel A applications are of available the

b) web use a text background of with black is example of common color a scheme default white in The design. An

c) A color will basic use two scheme that appealing look together. Colors

d) single schemes can different also shades of a Color contain color.

4. Summarize the received information in 3-5 sentences.

5. Read the following text. Purple

I see the red flag outside my window; the shadow, in fact, appears violet and dusky to me; it has an orangish glow, but why isn’t there any green? First of all because red needs to have hints of green, but also because of the presence of orange and violet, two tones that introduce yellow and blue, which make green. (Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)

Some twelve thousand mollusks for barely more than a few drops of colorant. The history of the color violet if often confused with that of purple, which has captivated imaginations for more than three millennia. Among the most complex dyes to extract and, therefore, the most expensive, purple has seduced the powerful, from Roman emperors to Church dignitaries, to such a degree that other sources of violet have almost been forgotten.

Royalty and Spirituality: Purple is royalty. A mysterious color, purple is associated with both nobility and spirituality. The opposites of hot red and cool blue combine to create this intriguing color.

Nature of Purple: Purple has a special, almost sacred place in nature: lavender, orchid, lilac, and violet flowers are often delicate and considered precious. Because purple is derived from the mixing of a strong warm and strong cool color it has both warm and cool properties. A purple room can boost a child's imagination or an artist's creativity. Too much purple, like blue, could result in moodiness.

Culture of Purple: The color of mourning for widows in Thailand, purple was the favorite color of Egypt's Cleopatra. It has been traditionally associated with royalty in many cultures. Purple robes were worn by royalty and people of authority or high rank. The Purple Heart is a U.S. Military decoration given to soldiers wounded in battle.

Good purple

• Purple cow - something remarkable, eye-catching, unusual

• Purple prose - exaggeration, highly imaginative writing (also has negative connotations)

Bad purple

• Purple speech - profanity, raunchy language

• Purple prose - exaggeration, colorful lies

• Purple haze - state of confusion or euphoria, possibly drug-induced, type of marijuana

6. Find the following synonyms of “purple”: Violet, lilac, puce, thistle, orchid, magenta, amethyst, wine, pomegranate, eggplant, mulberry, plum, mauve, royal.

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