Art vocabulary

Front

Name of the color

Back

hue

Front

red, yellow, blue

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primary colors

Front

orange, green, purple

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secondary colors

Front

Between a primary and secondary color on the color wheel

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intermediate colors

Front

colors opposite each other on the color wheel

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complementary colors

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purity and strength of color, brightness and dullness

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intensity

Front

lightness or darkness of a color

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value

Front

red, yellow, orange

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warm colors

Front

green purple, blue

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Cool colors

Front

black, white, gray

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neutrals