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What is color?

Published on Jul 18, 2019

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What is color?

an element of art that comes from reflected light

Photo by refeia

Color Spectrum:

R, o, y, G, b, v
Photo by andrew jay

Property 1: Hue

a color in the spectrum
Photo by David Pisnoy

Primary colors

Red, yellow, blue

secondary colors

orange, green, violet
Photo by CaptPiper

Intermediate colors

r-o, y-o, y-g, b-g, b-v, r-v

Color Wheel

Property 2: Value

the lightness of darkness of a color
Photo by quas

Neutral colors

black, white, gray
Photo by Steve Richey

Tint

a light value made by adding white

Shade

a dark value made by adding black

Property 3: intensity

the brightness or dullness of a color
Photo by Eric Fischer

complementary colors

adding a complement to a color dulls the color
Photo by starlettah001

color schemes

a plan for organizing colors 

Monochromatic colors

1 color + white and/or black
Photo by Vincent Guth

analogous colors

colors side-by-side on the color wheel

color triad

3 equally spaced colors
Photo by tanakawho

split complements

a color + the colors beside its' complement

Warm colors

R, O, y

cool colors

G, B, V
Photo by Vincent Guth

Discordant colors

visually disturbing- clashing