L4

• Hue


  another word for color
• Saturation

  Refers to the intensity or purity of a color.
• Value

  How dark or light a color is, ranging from black to white.
• Primary Colors

  The three additive primary colors and subtractive primary colors.
• Cool Colors

  Colors that remind you of the earth or a cool creek, including blue, green, and purple.
• Monochromatic Colors

  A color scheme consisting of different values of a single color.
• Analogous Colors

  Colors located next to each other on the color wheel.
• Complementary Colors

  Colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel.
• Split-Complement Colors

  A color scheme that includes a main color and the two colors on each side of its complementary color.
• Triadic Colors

  A color scheme that uses colors at the points of an equilateral triangle on the color wheel.
• Tetradic

  A color scheme that uses two pairs of complements, one space apart on the color wheel.
• Neutrals


  include black, white, gray,
• warm color


  they remind you of the sun or fire.