Color Wheel
Values & Definitions
Colors/Tones
Color Schemes
Color Associations
100

This is the most commonly used color wheel by artists. 

The Ives Color Wheel

100

Pure color from the color wheel. 

What is hue. 

100

The traditional way artists' separate color. 

What is the color wheel.

100

Color scheme that includes light blue, dark blue, and blue-purple. 

What is monochromatic. 

100

Orange

What is strength.

200

The three primary colors.

What are red, yellow, and blue.

200

Color made darker by the addition of black. 

What is shade. 

200

Wheel or tool used to alter an existing color. 

What is the tone wheel. 

200

The color scheme that includes red, red-purple, and purple. 

What is analogous. 

200

Blue

What is heaven. 

300

Six tertiary/intermediate colors. 

What are blue-purple, blue-green, yellow-orange, yellow-green, red-orange, and red-purple

300

A group of colors placed together for a specific reason. 

What is color scheme. 

300

Warm tones versus cool tones. 

What is mixing a color with its complement to create warm VERSUS mixing color with gray to create cool.

300

The effect colors have when they interact with other colors. 

What is color phenomenon.

300

Gray

What is sophistication. 

400

The three neutral colors. 

What are black, white, and gray. 

400
Reflected light-a property of light.

What is color. 

400

The color of light mixes to make this. 

What is white. 

400

The effect colors have on people's reactions. 

What is color psychology. 

400

Yellow

What is cowardice.

500

The three secondary colors.

What are purple, orange,and green. 

500

Color made duller or less bright without changing value. 

What is tone. 

500

The color of pigment mixes to make this. 

What is black.

500

A color scheme that includes blue, orange, and red-orange. 

What is split-complement. 

500

Brown

What is Earth.