Color Terms

the amount of color, such as dark blue

• hue
• intensity
• saturation
• tint

a color mixed with white, causes color to become lighter

• hue
• intensity
• saturation
• tint

the color itself

• hue
• intensity
• saturation
• tint

a color mixed with black to make it darker

• shade
• intensity
• saturation
• tint

the magnitude of color in an image

• shade
• intensity
• saturation
• tint

image composed of shades of gray

• value
• tone
• brightness
• grayscale

a color's lightness or darkness

• value
• tone
• brightness
• grayscale

a color mixed with gray

• value
• tone
• brightness
• grayscale

refers to the magnitude of a color in relation to other colors

• value
• tone
• brightness
• chroma

refers to the degree to which the color reflects light

• value
• tone
• brightness
• chroma