Color Definitions

COLOR DEFINITIONS

PRIMARY COLORS: RED, BLUE, YELLOW COLORS THAT CAN NOT BE MADE BY MIXING ANY OTHER COLORS TOGETHER; ALL OTHER COLORS ARE MADE FROM THESE THREE PRIMARIES. SECONDARY COLORS: ORANGE, GREEN, VIOLET COLORS THAT ARE MADE BY MIXING TWO PRIMARIES YELLOW + RED = ORANGE, BLUE + YELLOW = GREEN, RED + BLUE = VIOLET. IN PAINT MIXING, ONE GENERALLY STARTS WITH THE LIGHTER OF THE TWO COLORS AND ADDS THE DARKER OR STRONGER COLOR TO IT. INTERMEDIATE COLORS: RED-ORANGE, YELLOW ORANGE, BLUE GREEN, YELLOW GREEN, RED VIOLET, BLUE VIOLET. COLORS MADE BY MIXING A PRIMARY COLOR WITH A SECONDARY COLOR. ANALOGOUS COLORS: ANY GROUP OF THREE OR MORE COLORS THAT ARE FOUND BESIDE EACH OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL

COMPLEMENTARY COLORS: TWO COLORS THAT ARE DIRECTLY OPPOSITE EACH OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL;

NEUTRAL GRAYS / COMPLEMENTARY COLOR MIX: WHEN EQUAL AMOUNTS OF ANY TWO COMPLIMENTS ARE MIXED TOGETHER THEY WILL CREATE A NEUTRAL GRAY, BROWN OR OLIVE GREEN COLOR... EARTH TONES: CITRON, OLIVE AND RUSSET MADE BY MIXING EQUAL PARTS OF TWO SECONDARY COLORS ORANGE + VIOLET = RUSSET (Reddish Brown), ORANGE + GREEN = CITRON (Golden Yellow), GREEN + VIOLET =OLIVE. TRIAD: A GROUP OF THREE COLORS WHICH ARE EQUALLY SPACED AROUND THE COLOR WHEEL IN THE FORM OF AN EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE; FOR EXAMPLE: YELLOW-ORANGE, BLUE-GREEN AND RED- VIOLET. WARM COLORS: SUGGEST HEAT, GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE THE FAMILIES OF: YELLOWS, REDS, ORANGES, AND RED VIOLETS COOL COLORS: SUGGEST COLD, GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE THE FAMILIES OF: BLUES, GREENS AND BLUE VIOLETS TINT: ANY COLOR PLUS WHITE TONE: ANY COLOR PLUS GRAY SHADE: ANY COLOR PLUS BLACK PROPERTIES OF COLOR: HUE: THE QUALITY BY WHICH WE RECOGNIZE ONE COLOR FROM ANOTHER;. HUE IS THE NAME OF A COLOR. VALUE: THE LIGHTNESS OR DARKNESS OF A COLOR, AS EXPRESSED BY THE AMOUNT OF BLACK OR WHITE MIXED WITH A PARTICULAR HUE.

INTENSITY OR SATURATION: THE BRIGHTNESS OR DULLNESS OF A COLOR OR HUE.