![]() ![]() So long as you remember that red and yellow are warm and blue is cool in temperature, everything else will fall into place. What's important is that, much like the above examples, all colors can be warmer or cooler depending on how much red, yellow, or blue they contain. For example, green is considered a cool color (a combination of blue and yellow), while purple is regarded as a warm color (a combination of red and blue). The results can vary when we mix warm and cool colors. Warmer Red on the left (top) versus Cooler Red on the right (bottom) Conversely, it is more saturated if the color is more substantial and brighter. If the color is dull and grayed out, then it is desaturated. This general intensity level is known as a color's saturation. Again, hues are referred to as "true colors" on the color wheel, and black and white do not reside on the color wheel and therefore must be added separately to make tints, shades, and tones. We mentioned the term intensity a few times before tints, shades, and tones are less intense than their proper color hues. It would be a tone if we were to add a mixture of gray to any color. This relative lightness and darkness are referred to as a color's value. When white is added to any color, it becomes a tint of that color, resulting in a less intense and lighter hue.īy the same token, if we add black to any color, we produce a shade of that color, resulting in a darker and less intense hue. For example, the hue of the color blue is just blue the hue of the color magenta is just magenta. Lots of Hues.ĭon't overthink it hue is whatever specific color exists on our color wheel spectrum. Twelve Colors = Twelve HuesĪnd even if we were to look at the more complex version of this same wheel (see below) and pick a random, single color from it, then whatever that color is would also be its hue. ![]() We see twelve hues if we look at our standard twelve-color wheel (depicted below). ![]() Hue can be a lot more confusing than it is it is just color in and of itself. We should be aware of the four essential qualities of colors on our color wheel. Sticking with our twelve colors on the color wheel, let's cover a few more terms that are pretty important to understand. Photo from Shutterstock IMPORTANT TERMINOLOGY Instead, they exist on a different scale called the grayscale because many shades and tints can be created by mixing various quantities of black and white (more on this later). You probably noticed that black and white are not a part of the color wheel, and this is because the two are not technically colors. that's a lot of colors! WHAT ABOUT BLACK & WHITE? ![]()
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