

Value: Tonal value of a colour

Primary Colours: Red, yellow, blue

Secondary Colours: Primary colours with the colour between each. So red-orange-yellow-green-blue-purple

Tertiary Colours: The colour in between each secondary colour

Shade: Hue where black has been added

Tint: Hue where white has been added

Complementary Colours: To make a colour true/strong a colour is put with a complementary e.g. Tropicana orange juice - orange and blue. This is said by some as clashing but it can be pleasing to the eye.

Contrasting colours
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