The Color Wheel

Primary Colors

Colors that make up all other colors when you are using pigment.

What are the primary colors?

Red, Yellow, Blue

Secondary Colors

Colors you create when you mix the primary colors

What are the Secondary Colors?

orange, green, purple (violet)

Tertiary Colors

Colors you create when you mix the primary and secondary colors that are next to each other on the color wheel

What are the tertiary colors?

red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet

Neutral Gray

The color you create when you mix all the colors together on the color wheel. It's in the middle of the wheel.

Tint

A color is added to white to create a lighter version of the color

Tone

Grey is added to a color to dull it

Shade

Black is added to a color to darken it

What are the three properties of color?

Hue, Value, intensity/saturation

What is hue?

The color

What is value?

The lightness or darkness of a color

What is Intensity/saturation?

brightness and dullness of a color

What are complementary colors?

colors opposite each other on the color wheel