Color Theory

What is a warm color?

• Colors in the violet, blue, and green families

• Colors in the yellow, red, and orange families

• aesthetically pleasing color combinations

What is a cool color?

• Colors in the violet, blue, and green families

• Colors in the yellow, red, and orange families

• aesthetically pleasing color combinations

What is a color harmony?

• Colors in the violet, blue, and green families

• Colors in the yellow, red, and orange families

• aesthetically pleasing color combinations

What is Tint?

• Adding gray to a color to desaturate it

• Adding black to a color to darken it

• Adding white to a color to lighten it

What is Tone?

• Adding gray to a color to desaturate it

• Adding black to a color to darken it

• Adding white to a color to lighten it

What is Shade?

• Adding gray to a color to desaturate it

• Adding black to a color to darken it

• Adding white to a color to lighten it

What is Hue?

• How dark or light the color is

• how vivid or right the color is

• the color or shade

What is Saturation?

• How dark or light the color is

• how vivid or right the color is

• the color or shade

What is Brightness?

• How dark or light the color is

• how vivid or right the color is

• the color or shade

What is a primary color?

• a color from which all other colors can be obtained by mixing

• the color resulting from the mixing of two primary colors

• the color resulting from the mixing of a primary color and a secondary color