color theory

Saturation:

Purity of the Hue. The maximum saturation of a hue is as it is on the color wheel .

Value

Lightness of Darkness of a color.

example- yellows are naturally high value.(purple is naturally low value.

Hue

The names of the Colors on the Colorwheel.

Example-"pink" is actually a tint of the hue called red

Tint

Hue Plus White (Raises value) A color relation that is effected by adding white & decreasing the percentage of the original hue

shade

Hue plus Black (Lowers value)

Tone

Hue plus complement or hue plus black and white

Primary colors

red, yellow, and blue

Secondary colors

Hues made by mixing two primary colors--Green, orange, and purple

Tertiary colors:

Created by mixing a primary color with a neighboring secondary color

Complementary:

Colors or hues that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel. These are also called (contrasting hues)

Monochromatic:

A color scheme that consists of one specific color plus its tints, tones, and shades in various values and intensities.

Triad:

A color scheme that uses three colors that are evenly and equally spaced from each other on the color wheel. They form a triangle.

Split Complementary:

A color scheme that uses three colors: the key hue plus the two colors on either side of its complementary (opposite) color.

Analogous:

Colors or hues that are adjacent or next to each other on the color wheel. They have one color in common and include any set of 3 to 6 adjoining colors on one or both sides of the key color.

Double Complementary:

A color combination in which hues adjacent to each other on the color wheel are used with respective components

Successive Contrast

The color phenomenon observed when differently colored areas are viewed one after another, as in looking at a white area after staring at a red one. If the initial image is highly saturated, its complement may seem to appear in the second area.

Bezold Effect

The possibility of changing a design considerably by simply changing one of its colors; discovered by rug-maker Wilhelm von Bezold in the nineteenth century.