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| additive color mixing | Combining three different colors of light at different intensities to produce a whole range of other colors. |
| analogous colors | Colors that are next to one another on a color wheel. |
| brightness | In the HSB color model, the measure of how light or dark a color is on a scale of 0 to 100% |
| CMYK color model | A color model based on cyan, magenta, yellow, and black pigments used to create full color on printed materials. |
| Color harmony | A cohesive and pleasing combination created by a group of colors. |
| color mode | (A way to indicate to a computer what color model to use when representing colors |
| color model | A group of colors identified in a way that computers can understand |
| color theme | A combination of different hues that work together to create color harmony. |
| color theory | A set of guidelines about how colors communicate feelings and how they combine to create the best look and feel for a project |
| color wheel | A visual representation of primary, secondary, and tertiary colors that can be useful for understanding and using basic concepts in color theory. |
| complementary colors | Colors that are opposite one another on a color wheel. |
| gamut | The range of colors that can be produced by the primary colors in a particular color model |
| grayscale | A range of grays from white to black with all the variations in between |
| HSB color model | A color model based on human perception of color that uses hue, saturation, and brightness to define a color |
| hue | In the HSB color model, the general color expressed by a value between 0 and 360 degrees. In color theory, another word for color |
| neutral color | n color theory, black, white, and gray used to change the nature of hues, creating shades, tints, and tones. |
| out of gamut | Refers to colors that are part of the range of one color model but not another. |
| Pantone Matching System (PMS) | A standard set of colors and associated inks that make it easy to reproduce a color in printed material consistently.) |
| primary color | A basic color that cannot be created by mixing other colors |
| RGB color model | A color model that uses red, green, and blue primary colors plus different intensities of light to create colors on an electronic display like a computer screen |
| RGB triplet | the combination of numbers indicating light intensity for the red, green, and blue primary colors in the RGB color model and representing a certain color within the model |
| saturation | In the HSB color model, the intensity of a hue on a scale from 0 to 100% |
| secondary color | A color created when two primary colors are mixed. |
| shade | A hue mixed with black. |
| spot colors | Colors that are generated by a single ink, rather than created by blending ink colors. |
| subtractive color mixing | Mixing primary pigment colors to absorb different amounts of light and create a range of colors. |
| tertiary color | The color created when a primary and a secondary color are mixed. |
| tint | A hue mixed with white. |
| tone | A hue mixed with gray. |
| Web-safe colors | 216 colors that all users can see, regardless of their computer displays. |
