Color Theory

Primary Colors

red, yellow, blue

Secondary colors

orange, green, violet

Tertiary colors

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

Warm Colors

Colors suggesting warmth: reds, yellows, and oranges and their variants.

Cool colors

Colors that suggest coolness and are dominated by blues, greens, violets. and blue-reds.

Primary Color Wheel

A color-wheel that only includes red, yellow, and blue.

Secondary Color Wheel

A color-wheel that includes primary + green, orange, and violet.

Tertiary Color-wheel

A color-wheel that includes primary+secondary and tertiary colors.

Intermediate

Another word for tertiary.

Primary + Primary = n

Secondary

Primary + Secondary = n

Tertiary (Intermediate)

Analogous

3 to 4 colors next to each other on the color wheel

Monochromatic

Shades and tints of one color

Shade

Adding black to a color

Tint

Adding white to a color

Complementary

colors opposite each other on the color wheel

Neutral

Black, white, grey, and brown

3 properties of color

hue, value, intensity

Hue

another name for color

Value

The lightness or darkness of a color

Intensity

The brightness or dullness of a color