These are the primary colors on a color wheel. (Hint - There are three)
Red, Yellow, and Blue.
These are the secondary colors on the color wheel. (Hint - there are three)
Orange, Green, and Violet
This tool is represented by an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle, which shows the relationships between primary colors, secondary colors, and tertiary colors.
Color Wheel
This is a set of guidelines for mixing, combining, and manipulating colors.
Color Theory
This is another name for color.
Hue
This is created when black is added to a hue.
Shade
These are colors positioned directly across from one another on the color wheel.
Complementary Colors
This is created when white is added to a hue.
Tint
This is created when gray is added to a hue.
Tone
This can be used to describe or measure how much light can pass through an object, affecting the level of translucency.
These are color combination schemes that create pleasing contrasts and consonances. Examples include complementary colors, split-complimentary colors, color triads, or analogous colors.
Harmony or Color Harmonies
Each of these is made from mixing equal amounts of two different primary colors.
Secondary Colors
This word is used to describe how light or dark a color/due is. For example, the lighter a color, the closer to white it is. It represents a color's relative lightness, darkness, or grayscale, and it is crucial for creating contrast and depth in visual art.
Value
This is the perceived hue/color in relationship to its brightness. Lighting conditions can affect the influence of how "weak" or "strong" a color is. Think chroma + value = ??
Saturation
These are colors without a predominant hue. They can be muted shades that appear to lack color, but often have underlying hues that change with different lighting.
Neutral Colors
Each of these is made from mixing two secondary colors, such as mixing green and violet.
Tertiary Colors
This is an attribute that expresses the purity of a color, measured by the level of vividness or perceived intensity
Chroma or chromaticity
Generally these are colors that do not overpower in hue and appear to recede or go back in space. They can be used to describe any color that is calm or soothing in nature and can typically make a space seem larger
Cool Colors
This is a color scheme where three colors, equally separated on the color wheel, are selected.
Triadic
This is a color scheme where combinations of two complementary pairs of colors, with none of the colors being adjacent on the color wheel, are selected.
Tetradic
This is a color scheme that uses a single hue with varying shades, tints, and tones, to produce a consistent look and feel, with lighter and/or darker variations.
Monochromatic
Generally, these are colors that seem vivid or bold in nature and appear to advance, or come forward to the viewer. They can make an area feel closer, more intimate, and create a sense of energy or excitement.
Warm Colors
This is a color scheme where one color and its adjacent colors are selected on the color wheel. Two or more colors that are side-by-side on the color wheel are typically selected and can create harmony.
Analogous Colors
A color scheme that involves a base color and a couple of secondary colors. You can find it by first selecting a base color, then find its complement, or the color across the color wheel from the base color. Then to find the other two colors of this scheme, you select two evenly spaced colors directly adjacent to the base color's complementary color. Base + adjacent complement + adjacent compliment
Split Complimentary
A color scheme used to describe the absence of any hue. Examples can include: black and white; black and gray; gray and white; or black, gray, and white.
Achromatic