Chapter 1-what is color?

Shade

Change value by adding black to a color making it darker

Tone

Change value by adding grey to a color

Tint

Change value by adding white to a color making it lighter

Science of color

Color is produced by wave length of light the balance of an object. All colors we can see in the visible spectrum. When you see black that means the absence of color because all wave lengths are being absorbed

Value

How light to dark color is. There are three ways to change value, shade, tint, tone

Hue

Name of color in purest form example red, blue etc.

Chroma

Saturation of color: how much pigment it has, how Vivid or dull it is