1. Color
Primary, Secondary & Tertiary

2. Primary Colors
3 colors
 Red, yellow &
blue

3. Secondary Colors
3 colors
 Green, orange &
violet
 Mix 2 primary
colors together
 Ex.
Yellow+blue=
green

4. Tertiary Colors
6 colors
 Blue-green, red-
orange, red-violet,
blue-violet, yellow-
green & yellow-
orange
 Mix 1 primary color
& 1 secondary color
 Ex. Red+orange=
red-orange
 Primary name
comes 1st

5. Hue
 The color itself.
 Can be lightened or darkened but the hue
(color) is the same.

6. Value
 Thedegree of lightness or darkness of a
hue in relation to black and white
 To raise value- add white (tint)
 To lower value- add black (shade)
 The higher the value-increase in size
 The lower the value-decrease in size
 Light colors-recede
 Dark colors- advance

7. Tint
 When you add white to a hue and raise
the value

8. Tones
 When you add both black and white to a
hue

9. Shades
 When you add black to a hue and lower
the value

10. Chroma or intensity
 Brightness or dullness of a color; purity or
strength of a color.
 Intensity is lessened as a color is mixed
with its complementary color.

11. Chroma continued…..
 Intense or pure colors are:
 Brightand stimulating
 Seem larger and closer
 People pay more attention to the form

12. Warm colors Cool colors
 Yellow –green to red-  Red-violet to yellow-
violet green
 Sunlight and fire  Restful
 Active & cheery  Soothing
 Advancing  Receding
 informal  formal

13. Color Schemes
Monochromatic
Analogous
Complimentary

14. Monochromatic
 Tints, tones and shades of the same color
 Ex. Blues & neutrals or all blues

15. Analogous
2 or more colors
next to each other
on the color wheel
 Ex.Blue, blue-
green & green

16. Complimentary- 3 types

17. Direct/ complementary
2 colors directly
opposite each other
on the color wheel
 Ex. Red and green

18. Split Complementary
3 colors
1 color plus the 2
colors on either
side of it’s
complementary
color
 Ex. Yellow, red-
violet & blue violet

19. Triadic
 Any 3 colors
that are
equidistant on
the color wheel
 Ex. Orange,
violet & green

20. Neutral
 The
room is basically neutral colors with
small amounts of color for contrast
 Neutrals:white, black, gray, beige, brown
 Easy to create and live with
 Accent with bright color for contrast
 Example: white, black, red