GLOSSARY OF COLOR
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Hue
Classification of a color as red, blue, green, or yellow in reference to the spectrum.
Chroma
1. The purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
2. Intensity of distinctive hue; saturation of a color.
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Hue
Classification of a color as red, blue, green, or yellow in reference to the spectrum.
Chroma
1. The purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
2. Intensity of distinctive hue; saturation of a color.
Temperature
Higher color temperatures are cool (blueish white) colors;
lower color temperatures are warm (yellowish white through red) colors.
Value
The darkness or lightness of a color. Tone. Tonal value
Primary Colors
The base colors from which other colors can be mixed: red, yellow, blue.
Secondary Colors
A color, as orange, green, or violet, produced by mixing two primary colors.
Intermediate Colors
Intermediate colors are the "third" category of color. They are made by mixing a primary and a secondary color together.
Tertiary Color
A color, as brown, produced by mixing two secondary colors.
Complementary
One of a pair of primary or secondary colors across from each other on the color wheel, as green opposed to red, orange opposed to blue, or violet opposed to yellow.
The base colors from which other colors can be mixed: red, yellow, blue.
Secondary Colors
A color, as orange, green, or violet, produced by mixing two primary colors.
Intermediate Colors
Intermediate colors are the "third" category of color. They are made by mixing a primary and a secondary color together.
Tertiary Color
A color, as brown, produced by mixing two secondary colors.
Complementary
One of a pair of primary or secondary colors across from each other on the color wheel, as green opposed to red, orange opposed to blue, or violet opposed to yellow.
Neutral
Colors that are neither warm nor cool. Grays and browns are neutral colors.
Monochromatic
Having a variety of tones of only one color
Tint
A color diluted with white; a color of less than maximum purity, chromo, or saturation.
A delicate or pale color.
Shade
The degree of darkness of a color, determined by the quantity of black or by the lack of illumination.
Colors that are neither warm nor cool. Grays and browns are neutral colors.
Monochromatic
Having a variety of tones of only one color
Tint
A color diluted with white; a color of less than maximum purity, chromo, or saturation.
A delicate or pale color.
Shade
The degree of darkness of a color, determined by the quantity of black or by the lack of illumination.
Analogous
Colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel.
Triadic
Colors in an equilateral triangle on the color wheel; such as red, yellow, and blue; or orange, green, and violet
Opacity
Opaque
not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
Transparent
easily seen through
Some definitions are taken from dictionary.com and wikipedia.com.
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