The Types Of Colors

Hue

Another name for a color

Example of a complimentary color

Blue and orange, red and green, and yellow and purple

Cool Colors

Blues, greens, and violets

Shade

Color darkened by adding black

Tint

Color lightened by adding white

Secondary

Colors made by mixing two primaries

Complementary

Colors opposite each other on the color wheel

Value

The lights and darks of a color: tints and shades

Analogous

a group ofcolors next to each other on the color wheel

Neutral Colors

black, white, tans, grays

Combinations to make secondary colors

blue+yellow=green, red+yellow= orange, blue+red=violet

Example of analogous

blue, blue-green, and green

tertiary colors

blue-green, blue-violet, red-orange, red-violet, yellow-orange, and yellow-green

Tertiary

colors made by mixing a primary and secondary that are next to each other on the color wheel

Secondary Colors

green, orange, and violet

How to find a complimentary color

mix two complimentary colors; the primary you didn't use is the compliment is the compliment of the secondary you mixed

Example of a hue

pink, maroon, and vermilion are all hues of red

Primary

pure colors that cannot be made by mixing colors

Primary Colors

red, yellow, and blue

Warm Colors

reds, oranges, yellow

Intensity

the brilliance or dullness of a color

Monochromatic

variations of a single color