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