<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Color Basics</title> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.colormagix.org/includes/images/favicon.png"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../includes/style.css"/> <meta content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> <meta name="Keywords" content="color palette, color, color library, free color palettes"/> <meta name="Description" content="You can learn all there is to know about color theory."/> <!--[if lte IE 6]> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.colormagix.org/includes/ie6block.js"></script> <![endif]--> </head> <body> <div id="page"> <div id="header"> <div id="headerimg"> <a href="../images/header.png"> <img alt="header" src="../images/header.png" width="835" height="130"/> </a> </div> </div> <?php include '../includes/navigation.php'; ?> <div id="wrapper"> <?php include '../includes/menu.php'; ?> <div id="content" class="narrowcolumn"> <div class="post"> <h2> Color Basics </h2> <script type="text/javascript"> google_ad_client = "pub-5447213683282312"; /* 336x280, created 5/23/10 */ google_ad_slot = "1205971355"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p align="left">Before we begin let's define what color is. Color is light, light is composed of many colors.</p> <p>A color can be described in three ways: how pure or desaturated it is, It's value or lightness. An example of this can be seen with the colors Pink, Crimson, and Brick. Those colors are all variations of the color red, each hue is of a distinct value and differentiated by its chroma, saturation, intensity and value.</p> <p>Below are some basic vocabulary word that you should be familiar with. </p> <p><strong>Chroma:</strong> How pure a hue is in relation to gray </p> <p><strong>Saturation:</strong> The degree of purity of a hue</p> <p><strong>Intensity:</strong> The brightness or dullness of a hue. One may lower the intensity by adding white or black</p> <p><strong>Value:</strong> A measure of the amount of light reflected from a hue. Those hues with a high content of white have a higher luminance or value. </p> <p><strong>Shade:</strong> A hue produced by the addition of black</p> <p><strong>Tint:</strong> A hue produced by the addition of white.</p> </div> <div class="navigation"></div> </div> <?php include '../includes/sidebar.php'; ?> </div> <?php include '../includes/footer.php'; ?> </div> <div></div> </body> </html>