Pure or fundamental colors (red,yellow, and blue) that cannot be created by combining other colors.

A hue created by combining two primary colors. (orange, green, violet)

Primary color mixed with adjacent secondary color on the color wheel (yellow orange for example) *Also known as Tertiary Colors

A particular shade of a given color

A hue mixed with grey

Any hue that has been mixed with black

Created when white is added to a color.

Different tints and shades of one color (hue).

Colors opposite on the color wheel

One color plus two colors that are on either side of its compliment or on the color wheel

A color scheme that uses hues next to each other on the color wheel.

Colors suggesting coolness; blue, green, violet and their variants.

Colors suggesting warmth: reds, yellows, and oranges and their variants.

White, black and gray (sometimes brown). Used to make tints and shades but do not affect hue.

The darkness or lightness of a color.

Knowledge of the way colors interact when we combine them and what new colors are created when we do.