Color Families
Warm Colors
Colors that are mostly made of red, orange, and yellow. They are called warm because they remind us of warm things like the sun or fire.
Neutral Colors
Colors that are not found in the color wheel, such as black, gray, white, brown and tan.
Tertiary Colors
These are colors created by combining a primary color and a secondary color. They are yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet, red-orange and yellow-orange.
Primary Colors
Three colors from which all other colors originate. They are red, blue and yellow.
Secondary Colors
When two primary colors are combined, the result is a secondary color. They are green, blue and violet.
Shade
adding black to a color
Tint
adding white to a color
Hue
another name for color
Cool Colors
colors that make you feel cool - blue, green and violet
Monochromatic
containing shades and tints of only one color