COLOR An exciting ELEMENT of ART Which depends on REFLECTED LIGHT

COLOR WHEEL The 12 hues of the Color Spectrum bent into a circle.

HUE RED YELLOW VIOLET The name given to a color on the color wheel.

VALUE The lightness or darkness of a color, TINTS & SHADES

TINT Made by adding white to a color so that it is lighter. + = HUE WHITE TINT

SHADE Made by adding black to a color so that it is darker. + = HUE BLACK SHADE

COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME This color scheme uses opposite hues on the color wheel. These colors are across from each other on the wheel and have great contrast.

INTENSITY HIGH INTENSITY Bright, pure hues. GREEN LOW INTENSITY Dull color made by mixing a hue with its complementary hue. Add RED to GREEN to get a LOW INTENSITY GREEN or RED.

NEUTRALS NOT HUES, these colors are the natural tones of the Earth and skin tones. White + Black White + Brown White Black Gray Tan Brown Mix 2 complementary hues

PRIMARY HUES Pure and basic Cannot be made from any other colors All other hues are made from these Equal distance from each other on color wheel RED YELLOW BLUE

SECONDARY COLORS Made by mixing amounts of 2 primary colors Found halfway between the primary hues on the wheel + = + + = = ORANGE GREEN VIOLET

INTERMEDIATE (TERTIARY) HUES Made by mixing adjoining primary and secondary colors.

Warm & Cool Colors

MONOCHROMATIC COLOR SCHEME This is a one-color plan that uses different tints, shades and intensities of the color

ANALOGOUS COLOR SCHEME This color scheme uses related, or neighboring colors on the color wheel with varying values and intensities of the colors.

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Cool colors

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Monochrome

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Tint

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Neutral

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Primary colors

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Tertiary colors

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Complementary colors

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Warm colors

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Shades

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Secondary colors

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Low intensity