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