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Color Wheel
Color Wheel
A visual representation of colors
Warm/Cool Colors & Moods
Warm/Cool Colors & Moods
Warm colors are the colors from red through to yellow. Warm Colors are vivid & energetic.
Cool colors are the colors from blue to green and violet. Cool Colors are calm & soothing.
Color Intensity
Color Intensity
Color intensity (saturation) describes the purity of the color. How vivid or dull the color is.
It changes in relation to its surrounding color
Primary
Primary
The primary colors are
Red, Yellow & Blue
Secondary
Secondary
Mix two primary colors to create secondary colors.
Green, Orange & Purple
Tertiary
Tertiary
Mix a primary color and a secondary color to create tertiary colors. For example: Blue/Green, Yellow/Green, Orange/Red
Complimentary
Complimentary
Colors that are opposite one another on the color wheel.
Red/Green, Blue/Orange, Yellow/Purple
Analogous
Analogous
Three colors that are side by side on the color wheel.
Monochromatic
Monochromatic
Shades, tones, and/or tints of one base color.
Value
Value
Describes the lightness or darkness of a color.
Saturation
Saturation
Describes the purity of the color.
Also known as Intensity or Chroma.
How vivid or dull the color is.
Hue
Hue
Any color on the color wheel. The name of the color is the hue.
Shade
Shade
Shade is created by adding black to a base hue, darkening the color.
Tone
Tone
Tone is created by combining black and white—or grey—with a base hue.
Tint
Tint
Tint is created by adding white to a base hue,
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