Did you ever wonder what exactly is the difference between a color shade, color tint and color tone? There are other terms associated with color that are often used incorrectly.
There are three basic words that describe a color. Those words are: hue, value, and intensity. These words are used to identify the properties of a color. The hue is the name of the color. Think "Hugh Grant" the actor, and that might help you remember hue equals name.
Of course, if you know another "Hugh" that's great, think of them. Some common hues are red, blue, and yellow. We associate this name with a color. It does not tell us a lot of the properties of that color, such as how light or dark it is. That job is for the term, "Value."
Value tells us how light or dark a hue is. Think of a light switch. Now turn on the switch and think of that as white. Now turn off the light switch and we get total darkness, or black. Now get an electrician and install a dimmer switch. Slowly turn on the light.
While turning the switch from off to totally on, you get an infinite number of values from darkness to lightness. This is value. It is regardless of the hue. All color has a value. We give hues that have different values different names.
For example, a red color commonly known as pink has a lighter value than another red color commonly known as maroon, which has a darker value.
But how do we get the value of a hue? That is where the terms shade, tint, and tone come in. While intensity is how pure a hue is, shade, tint, and tone describe how altered the intensity of the hue is. The more pigment a hue has, the purer, or more vibrant the intensity of the hue.
Color shade refers to how much black is mixed with a hue. A darker shade has more black than a lighter shade. However, note that both shades have black as an additive to alter the color.
Color tint refers to how much white is mixed with a hue. The tints of a hue vary, but if you are using the word tint, you are adding some amount of white.
When grey is added to a hue the result is called a tone. Also look at this as the combination of shade and tint, since shade adds black and tint adds white.
By : Gracie_Lou_Penfield
There are three basic words that describe a color. Those words are: hue, value, and intensity. These words are used to identify the properties of a color. The hue is the name of the color. Think "Hugh Grant" the actor, and that might help you remember hue equals name.
Of course, if you know another "Hugh" that's great, think of them. Some common hues are red, blue, and yellow. We associate this name with a color. It does not tell us a lot of the properties of that color, such as how light or dark it is. That job is for the term, "Value."
Value tells us how light or dark a hue is. Think of a light switch. Now turn on the switch and think of that as white. Now turn off the light switch and we get total darkness, or black. Now get an electrician and install a dimmer switch. Slowly turn on the light.
While turning the switch from off to totally on, you get an infinite number of values from darkness to lightness. This is value. It is regardless of the hue. All color has a value. We give hues that have different values different names.
For example, a red color commonly known as pink has a lighter value than another red color commonly known as maroon, which has a darker value.
But how do we get the value of a hue? That is where the terms shade, tint, and tone come in. While intensity is how pure a hue is, shade, tint, and tone describe how altered the intensity of the hue is. The more pigment a hue has, the purer, or more vibrant the intensity of the hue.
Color shade refers to how much black is mixed with a hue. A darker shade has more black than a lighter shade. However, note that both shades have black as an additive to alter the color.
Color tint refers to how much white is mixed with a hue. The tints of a hue vary, but if you are using the word tint, you are adding some amount of white.
When grey is added to a hue the result is called a tone. Also look at this as the combination of shade and tint, since shade adds black and tint adds white.
By : Gracie_Lou_Penfield
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