Color Theory

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Across
  1. 2. The lightness or darkness of colors. Tints have a light value. Shades have a dark value.
  2. 5. Another word for color.
  3. 9. A color scheme that includes a main color and the two colors on each side of its complementary (opposite) color on the color wheel. (Y)
  4. 11. A color made by adding black to a hue. For example, adding black to green results in dark green. Also a dark value of a color.
Down
  1. 1. To mix or rub colors together.
  2. 3. Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. This kind of color scheme is often found in nature and is pleasing to the eye.
  3. 4. A chalky, water-based paint. Also called poster paint.
  4. 6. The family of colors that includes greens, blues, and violets.
  5. 7. The family of colors that includes, reds, yellows, and oranges.
  6. 8. A color scheme in which 3 colors of equally distant distribution on the color wheel are used.
  7. 10. Colors arranged in a certain order in the shape of a circle.