The document discusses color theory terminology including hue, value, intensity, primary colors of red, yellow and blue, secondary colors formed by combining primary colors, intermediate colors between primary and secondary colors, analogous colors that are adjacent on the color wheel, complementary colors opposite each other on the color wheel, neutral colors formed from combining complements, triads that form triangles on the color wheel, warm colors resembling fire and sun, cool colors resembling water and plants, and earth tones formed from mixing secondary colors.

1. Color Theory
Vocabulary

2. Properties of Color
 Hue – The quality by which we recognize one
color from another; hue is the name of the color.
 Value – The lightness or darkness of a color, as
expressed by the amount of black or white mixed
with a particular hue.
 Intensity / Saturation – The brightness or
dullness of a color, as expressed by the amount of
the color’s complement mixed with the pure hue.

3. Primary Colors
 Yellow
 Blue
 Red

4. Secondary Colors
 Yellow + Blue =
 Green
 Blue + Red =
 Violet
 Red + Yellow =
 Orange

5. Intermediate Colors
 Yellow-Green
 Blue-Green
 Blue-Violet
 Red-Violet
 Red-Orange
 Yellow-Orange

6. Analogous Colors
 Yellow, Yellow-Green,
Colors that are adjacent
and Green
(next to) each other on
the color wheel,
 Green, Blue-Green,
including various
Blue and Blue-Violet
intensities of each color.
 Examples include:
 Blue, Blue-Violet, and
Violet
 Blue-Violet, Violet,
Red-Violet, and Red
 Red-Orange, Orange,
Yellow-Orange, Yellow

7. Complementary Colors

 The two and that
Yellow colors
are opposite each
Violet
other on the color
 wheel.and
Blue
Orange
 Red and Green

8. Neutral
 Equal amounts of
any two
complementary
colors mixed
together creates a
neutral grayish
color.
 To tone down the
intensity of a color
add a little bit of
its complement.

9. Triads
 Triads are colors
that are
equidistant from
each other on the
color wheel. They
form a triangle.
 Primary Colors
form a triad
 Secondary Colors
form a triad

10. Warm Colors
 Yellow, Yellow-Green,
Colors that give the
and Green
feeling of warmth. The
color of fire and the sun.
 Green, Blue-Green,
Blue and Blue-Violet
 Blue, Blue-Violet, and
Violet
 Blue-Violet, Violet,
Red-Violet, and Red
 Red-Orange, Orange,
Yellow-Orange, Yellow

11. Cool Colors
 Colors that give the
feeling Blue-Green,
Green, of cold. The

Blue and Blue-Violet
colors of the ocean and
grass.
 Blue, Blue-Violet, and
Violet
 Blue-Violet, Violet,
Red-Violet, and Red

12. Earth Tones
 Earth tones are
color that are
created by mixing
equal parts of 2
secondary colors.
 ORANGE + VIOLET =
RUSSET (Reddish
Brown), ORANGE +
GREEN = CITRON
(Golden Yellow), GREEN
+ VIOLET =OLIVE.