COLOR THEORY VOCABULARY
Primary colors: colors from which all other colors are made: red, blue, and yellow
Secondary colors: colors that are created from equal amounts of a pair of primary colors: green, orange, violet
Tertiary colors: colors made from equal amounts of a pair of primary and secondary colors: red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, red-orange
Analogous colors: three consecutive colors on the color wheel
Complementary colors: the colors opposite on the color wheel: red & green, blue & orange, yellow & violet
Tint: a color plus white
Shade: a color plus black
Monochromatic: one color
Neutral: created by mixing equal amounts of two complementary colors (usually a gray-brown)