Color Theory

Red, yellow, and blue are ____ colors.

• Complementary

• Primary

• Analogous

• Secondary

Orange, violet, and green are ____ colors.

• Complementary

• Primary

• Analogous

• Secondary

Any 3 neighboring colors on the color wheel. They are made up of one primary, one secondary and one intermediate color.

• Complementary

• Analogous

Colors that are opposite from each other on the color wheel

• Complementary

• Analogous

All the tints and shades of ONE color

• Analogous

• Complementary

• Monochromatic

These are the colors that are made by mixing a primary and secondary color. They are located between the primary and secondary color that created them.

• Primary colors

• Secondary colors

• Tertiary colors

A darker value of a hue is called a...

• Tint

• Shade

• Hue

To get a tint, you add what color?

• Black

• White

To get a shade, you add what color?

• Black

• White

Lightness and darkness

• hue

• value

• contour

• intensity