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| Color scheme | Plan for using a color of a combination of colors to decorate a room or put together an outfit |
| Complementary color | Colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel |
| Hues | Precise way to describe colors, using the specific names that identify them, such as red, green, and blue |
| Intensity | Brightness or dullness of a color |
| Intermediate color | Combination of a primary color wiht a neighboring secondary color on the color wheel |
| Pigments | Substances that are in items and that absorb some light rays and reflect others, causing the items to be seen in varying colors |
| Primary color | Three basic colors from which all other colors are made: red, yellow, and blue |
| Secondary color | Combination of equal amounts of two primary colors on the color wheel |
| Shade | Darker color that results when black is added to a color |
| Tint | Lighter color that results when white is added to a color |
| Value | The degree of lightness or darkness of a color, which was created by the amount of white or black added |