Color Schemes

3. Scheme using any three colors which are of equal distance apart on the color wheel. There are four triads: Primary, Secondary, Intermediate red-orange, yellow-green, blue-violet, and Intermediate red-violet, yellow-orange, and blue-green.
6. Color shaded or darkened by the addition of gray.
8. That oppose one another on the color wheel: red and green, blue and orange, and yellow and violet.
9. Colors suggesting coolness: green, blue, and violet.
11. Refers to a color scheme involving the use of only one hue that can vary in value or intensity.

1. Colors that are created by mixing one primary color with one secondary color.
2. The painting pigments of red, yellow, and blue.
4. Refers to closely related colors; a color scheme that combines several hues that fall next to each other on the color wheel.
5. Color darkened by the addition of black.
7. Colors that are mixture of two primary hues; orange, made from red and yellow; green made from yellow and blue; violet made from blue and red.
10. Colors suggesting warmth: red, orange, and yellow.
12. Color lightened by the addition of white.