The Color Wheel

Question 1

Shade

Answer 1

To make a color darker by adding black pigment

Question 2

Hue

Answer 2

The name of a color

Question 3

Value

Answer 3

How light or dark color is. You can change value by adding white (tint) or black (shade) to a color

Question 4

Intensity

Answer 4

How bright or dull color appears. You can change intensity by adding a color’s complement

Question 5

Primary colors

Answer 5

The three colors used to make all other colors

Question 6

Complementary colors

Answer 6

Colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel

Question 7

Secondary colors

Examples

Answer 7

The three colors created by mixing two primary colors
Yellow+red=orange
Yellow+blue=green
Blue+red=violet

Question 8

Intermediate colors

Answer 8

Colors created by mixing one primary and one secondary color. When naming these colors always start with the primary color

Question 9

Analogous colors

Answer 9

Any three colors next to each other on the color wheel. They share the same base color. Example: red violet, red, red orange

Question 10

Tint

Answer 10

To make a color lighter by adding white pigment