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Primary colors (paint)	Red, yellow and blue		art-color-theory
Secondary colors	Orange, green and violet		art-color-theory
Tertiary colors	Colors made by mixing a primary and a nearby secondary, like red-orange		art-color-theory
Red + yellow	Orange		art-color-theory
Yellow + blue	Green		art-color-theory
Blue + red	Violet (purple)		art-color-theory
Red + blue + yellow in equal parts	A muddy brown or gray		art-color-theory
Complementary colors	Colors opposite each other on the color wheel		art-color-theory
Complement of red	Green		art-color-theory
Complement of blue	Orange		art-color-theory
Complement of yellow	Violet		art-color-theory
Complement of orange	Blue		art-color-theory
Complement of green	Red		art-color-theory
Complement of violet	Yellow		art-color-theory
Analogous colors	Colors next to each other on the color wheel		art-color-theory
Warm colors	Reds, oranges and yellows		art-color-theory
Cool colors	Blues, greens and violets		art-color-theory
Neutral colors	Black, white, gray and brown		art-color-theory
Monochromatic	Using one hue with different tints and shades		art-color-theory
Triadic color scheme	Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel		art-color-theory
Split complementary	A color plus the two colors on each side of its complement		art-color-theory
Tetradic scheme	Two pairs of complementary colors		art-color-theory
Hue	The name of a color		art-color-theory
Value	How light or dark a color is		art-color-theory
Saturation	How pure or intense a color is		art-color-theory
Tint	A hue plus white		art-color-theory
Shade	A hue plus black		art-color-theory
Tone	A hue plus gray		art-color-theory
Pink	A tint of red		art-color-theory
Navy	A shade of blue		art-color-theory
Color wheel	A circle showing the relationships between colors		art-color-theory
Isaac Newton and color	He used a prism in the 1660s to show white light holds all colors		art-color-theory
Rainbow order	Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (ROY G. BIV)		art-color-theory
Primary colors (light)	Red, green and blue		art-color-theory
Secondary colors (light)	Cyan, magenta and yellow		art-color-theory
RGB	Red, green, blue; color model for screens		art-color-theory
CMYK	Cyan, magenta, yellow, key (black); color model for printing		art-color-theory
Additive color	Mixing light: adding colors makes white		art-color-theory
Subtractive color	Mixing pigments: adding colors makes darker colors		art-color-theory
All colors of light mixed	White		art-color-theory
All pigments mixed	A dark muddy color		art-color-theory
Which colors seem to come forward?	Warm, bright colors		art-color-theory
Which colors seem to recede?	Cool, dull colors		art-color-theory
Red often shows	Energy, danger, passion		art-color-theory
Blue often shows	Calm, peace, sadness		art-color-theory
Yellow often shows	Happiness, warning		art-color-theory
Green often shows	Nature, growth		art-color-theory
Purple often shows	Royalty, mystery		art-color-theory
Chroma	Another word for the purity of a color		art-color-theory
Pigment	Colored powder that gives paint its color		art-color-theory
Dye	A color that soaks into material		art-color-theory
Opaque	Does not let light through		art-color-theory
Transparent	Lets light through so you can see through it		art-color-theory
Translucent	Lets some light through		art-color-theory
Primary colors cannot be...	Made by mixing other colors		art-color-theory
Simultaneous contrast	How a color looks different next to another color		art-color-theory
Colorblindness	Difficulty telling certain colors apart, such as red and green		art-color-theory
Highlight	The lightest area of a painting		art-color-theory
To make a color darker	Add black or its complement		art-color-theory
To make a color lighter	Add white (or water in watercolor)		art-color-theory
Sienna and umber	Earth-tone brown pigments from clay		art-color-theory
Ultramarine	A deep blue pigment once made from lapis lazuli		art-color-theory
Vermilion	A bright red-orange pigment		art-color-theory