The Color Wheel

Primery colors


PRIMARY COLOR
Pure. Can’t be mixed from other colors – usually relate to childhood

Secondary colors

SECONDARY COLOR
Primary+Primary

Tertiary colors

TERTIARY COLORS
Primary+Secondary

MUNSELL COLOR SYSTEM

Munsell color systemMUNSELL COLOR SYSTEM

Hue Color family or color name

Colorfulness is the degree of difference between a color and gray.

Chroma  is the colorfulness relative to the brightness of another color that appears white under similar viewing conditions.’

Value Shade (darkness) or tint (lightness) of a color

Achromatic means a composition without color