Hue
The identification or name of a color
Value
The lightness or darkness of a color
Tint
Adding white to a color
Shade
Adding black to a color
Complmentary
2 hues opposite on the color wheel
Intensity
Saturation, or the degree of purity of a hue
Pointalism
The optical mixing of lines, crossed lines,or dots of different colors on a white ground
Cool color
A color closer to blue on the color wheel
monochromatic
having only one color
analagous
Hues adjacent to each other on the color wheel
Triatic
3 hues evenly spaced on the color wheel
Chromatic color
a color having hue; a color of the visible spectrum.
subtractive color
the colors produced from pigment
Achromatic grey
grey mixed from black and white only. appears to have on coloration
secondary colors
A hue resulting in the mixing of a primary hue and an Adjacent primary hue
Tempature
The warmth or coolness of a color
additive color
the colors produced from light
Saturation
intensity of color, purity
After image
A reaction seen when the viewers brain supplies the opposite or complementary hue after the observer stares at a particular hue
Process color
A color created using combinations of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black ink.
partitive color
The process of placing colors beside each other to produce different reactions
Pantone Matching System (PMS)
A standard set of colors and associated inks that make it easy to reproduce a color in printed material consistently.
Broken Color
A color that is a combination in unequal proportions of all the primaries
warm color
The color plan of red, yellow, and orange
Chromatic
Having a hue
simultaneous contrast
A partitive color reaction when color is in a complementary setting