Color Wheel

The lightness or darkness of a color. Tints have a light , shades have a dark.

• value
• color
• color scheme

A color that cannot be mixed from other colors, but from which other colors are made – red, yellow, blue.

• primary
• secondary
• intermediate

A color made by mixing two primary colors – orange, violet, green.

• secondary
• primary
• intermediate

A color that is mixture of a primary and a secondary color that are next to each other on the color wheel.

• intermediate or tertiary
• primary
• secondary

The family of colors that includes reds, yellows, and oranges. These remind us of _____ things, places and feelings.

• warm
• cool
• neutral

The family of colors that includes greens, blues, and violets. These remind us of _____ things, places and feelings.

• cool
• warm
• neutral

A word used for black, white, tints and shades of gray, and brown.

• neutral
• warm
• cool

A color scheme that uses different values of a single hue/color by showing tints and shades of the same color.

• monochromatic
• analogous
• complementary pairs

An arrangement or combination of colors, especially as used in interior decoration.

• color scheme
• color
• value

Colors that appear next to each other on the color wheel AND have one color in common.

• analogous
• monochromatic
• complementary pairs