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| Color | The effect produced on the eye by light waves. |
| Hue | The names of the colors: Red |
| Additive Color | Colors created by natural light (red |
| Subtractive Color | Colors produced by mixing pigments; paint |
| RGB | An acronym for Red |
| CMYK | An acronym for Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black. It is also a subtractive color paradigm that is computer printer based. |
| Shade | The dark values of a color or hue. |
| Tint | The light values of a color or hue. |
| Saturation | A measure of a color's pureness and brilliance |
| Analagous Colors | Color combinations that blend well together. They are neighbors on the color wheel. |
| Complimentary Colors | Are colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. They contrast |
| Monochromatic Colors | Are all the hues (tints and shades) of a single color. |
| Triadic Colors | Are high-energy colors that are found by choosing three colors that are separated by 120 degrees on the color wheel. |
