Art Color Wheel Theory

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primary colors
red, blue, and yellow; colors that cannot be achieved from a mixture of other colors
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secondary colors
Orange, Green, Violet; made by mixing two primary colors
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tertiary colors
Created by mixing a primary color with a neighboring secondary color
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Tint
a color plus white
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Shade
a color plus black
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Tone
a color plus gray
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black
the absence of colors
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white
The presence of all colors simultaneously
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monochromatic
one color with tints, shades, and tones
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analogous colors
colors that are next to each other on the color wheel and have a common hue
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complementary colors
colors opposite each other on the color wheel
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Split-complementary colors
a color plus the two colors on each side of its complement
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Triad color
Colors that are equally spaced (3spaces) on the color wheel.