| A | B |
|---|
| primary colors | red, yellow and blue |
| secondary colors | orange, green and violet |
| tertiary colors | yellow-orange or blue-green (for example) |
| complimentary colors | violet and yellow (for example) |
| black | absence of color |
| white | essence of color |
| tint | any color mixed with white |
| tone | any color mixed with black |
| triadic | color scheme consisting of three colors that are equaldistant on the color wheel |
| grays or browns | colors you get when mixing complimentary colors |
| gradation | value change from light to dark |
| analogous colors | two or more colors that are adjacent on a color wheel |
| achromatic | color sheme consisting of black, white and grays |
| chromatic | encompassing the full color scale |
| hue | a pure color, the name of a color |
| value | the amount of light reflected by a color |
| saturation | the purity or intensity of a color |
| contrasting | another term for complimentary |
| cool colors | violet, blue, and green |
| warm colors | red, yellow and orange |
| monochromatic | a color scheme consisting of tints and tones of a single hue |
| split complimentary | a color scheme consisting of any color plus the two colors that are adjacent to it's compliment |
| tetrad | a color scheme consisting of four colors evenly spaced on the color wheel |
| color wheel | a circular representation of the color spectrum, usually containing primary, secondary and tertiary colors |
| intermediate colors | another name for tertiary colors |
| shade | another term for tone |
| opacity | the ability of a pigment to cover or obscure the surface to which it was applied |
| transparency | the degree to which a pigment will allow underlying layers to be seen |
| translucent | pigment between transparent and opaque, allows some of the underlying layers to be seen |
| harmonious colors | two colors that are adjacent on the color wheel |
| neutral colors | black, white, grays, and browns |
| compound colors | colors mixed from all three primary colors |
| chroma | the degree of brightness or dullness of a color |
