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Hue – The quality that describes the difference of one color from another (Blue, Red, Yellow, etc.)

Saturation (Chroma) – the amount (percentage) of a particular hue in a color mixture. (Fire engine red – dusty rose)

Value – the relative lightness or darkness of a color (lighter = high value, darker = low value)

Tint – a color with a high value (from a mixture of a hue with white pigment or light)

Shade – a color with a low value (from a mixture of one or more hues and black)

Tone – a color of middle value (from a mixture of hue, black and white)

White light contains the various colors of light.

Pigments are materials that absorb certain colors of light and reflect other colors.

The color of a pigment indicates what color light is being reflected.

Primary colors – hues that cannot be derived or blended from any other hue. In light – Red, Green, Blue (all

together make white) In pigments – Yellow, Magenta,

Cyan(all together make black) Secondary colors – hues that

result from mixing two primary hues In light – Yellow, Magenta, Cyan In pigments – Red, Green, Blue

Any two hues when mixed together produce white (light) or black(pigment).