Notions on the Photo Group's second Zoom session on a singular color. Most of this topic is for the benefit of artists, especially painters, who can use these terms to define their objectives and creations. But also clothing manufacturers and any organization or institution that seeks specificity in the creation or analysis of colors.
The lightness or darkness of a color is called its
value.Tints are light values that are made by mixing a color or hue with
white. For example, pink is a tint of red, and light blue is a tint of blue.
Shades are dark values that are made by mixing a color or hue with
black. Maroon is a shade of red, and navy is a shade of blue.
Tones are light values made by mixing shades of
grey or
mixing both grey and black separately. In Color Theory, a tone is any pure hue with Neutral Gray added. The color remains the same only less vibrant. The Values can range from very light to very dark.
Hue β the name of a color
Value β the degree of lightness or darkness in a color. Itβs expressed by tones, tints and shades
Intensity β the degree of purity or strength of a color (hue) or how bright or muted the colors are.
The attached color wheel source website:
https://askandyaboutclothes.com/color-coordination-for-men/This webpage gives a lot of descriptive detail on hues, tints, tones and shades:
https://color-wheel-artist.com/hue/Green has the most shades.
Green, the mixture of blue and yellow, can be seen everywhere and in countless shades. In fact,
the human eye sees green better than any color in the spectrum. This, along with many other facts about this earthly color, makes it an essential part of our everyday lives.
Understanding the Color Wheel
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Three Primary Colors: Red, Yellow, Blue.
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Three Secondary Colors: Orange, Green, Violet.
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Six Tertiary Colors: Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet, Red-Violet, which are formed by mixing a primary with a secondary color.
The more one reads about the theories of color in art the more complex it becomes. For example, on defining
shadows: Shadows are Blue. Meaning that blue is the general color for most shadows. Most of us think of shadows as being black, however, the shade black is a neutral color. The hue of shadow is in fact blue. And on it goes.
