use the color wheel to create pleasing compositions using “recipes” which are called color harmonies.

created when the artist uses five hues that are adjacent to one another on the color wheel, plus tints and tones, and the neutrals.

created when the artist uses three hues that are of equal distance apart on the color wheel.

made up of two opposites on the color wheel, plus tints, tones, black, white and gray.

made up of one hue plus a hue on each side of the compliment, tints, tones, black, white, and gray.

physical particles that give paint its color.

ingredients in paints that hold the pigments together. Some are permanent while others can be displaced with water.

Paint that reveals another color or the paper color

Paint that covers the color or the paper underneath