Color

1. What is the difference between Hue,

The name of the color -- Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Violet.

    Value, and

The amount of black or white in the color.

    Saturation, or Intensity?

The amount of grey in the color.

2. What are the three primary colors of paint?

Red, Blue and Yellow.

    The three secondary colors?

Violet, Green and Orange. The three secondary colors are produced by mixing two adjacent primary colors, for example...

1. Red + Blue = Violet,
2. Blue + Yellow = Green, and
3. Yellow + Red = Orange.

    How are they positioned around the color wheel?

Starting at the top (12 o'clock) and moving clockwise -- Red - Orange - Yellow - Green - Blue - Violet.

    List the three pairs of complimentary colors?

Complimentary colors are opposite each other on the color wheel. One of the colors is a primary and the other is a secondary. The three color pairs are...

1. Red & Green,
2. Orange & Blue, and
3. Yellow & Violet.

3. How do you change the value of a color? What is a shade? A tint? By adding either black or white. You lower the value of a color, creating a shade, by adding black. For example: Red + Black = Maroon You raise the value of a color, creating a tint, by adding white. For example: White + Red = Pink 4. How do you change the saturation of a color? By adding the compliment. You lower the intensity of Red, creating a dull-red, by adding a little Green. In theory, if you mix "equal" amounts of Red and Green you should produce a neutral Gray. In the real world you will generally get a muddy brown.

5. What is a color scheme? How do different schemes differ?

A color schemes is the designed, artistic, choice of colors for a project. The scheme is often described by the number of colors and their logical sequence around the color wheel.

1. A monochromatic color scheme (1 color) consists of different values (tint or shade) and/or intensities of one basic color. For example, Red, Pink and Maroon (a dark red).

2. A complementary color scheme uses two colors which are opposite each other on the color wheel. For example, Red and Green or Blue and Orange.

3. A triad color scheme (3 colors) is composed of three colors with a logical relationship around the color wheel: Red, Blue and Yellow.

4. An analogous color scheme, also called harmonious colors, are colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel. An example would be Red, Orange and Yellow.

5. A split-complementary color scheme includes a main color and the two colors on each side of its complement: Red, BlueGreen and YellowGreen.

6. A tetrad color scheme (4 colors) is composed of four colors with a logical relationship around the color wheel: RedViolet, RedOrange, BlueGreen and YellowGreen.