Tint, Shade, Tone, Color Harmonies, and the Interaction of Color

1. Tints

2. Shades

3. Tones

4. Color Harmonies

5. Interaction of Color

10. Shades

So now that you know how to lighten, what's the easiest way to
make your colors darker?

A Shade is simply any color with black added.

Just as with making tints, you can mix any of the twelve pure
colors together.Then simply add any amount of black and
you have created a shade of the mixture.

That means you can go from an extremely dark, nearly black
to a barely shaded pure hue.

Most artists use black sparingly because it can quickly destroy your main color. Some artists
prefer not to use it at all. Instead they understand the rules of color well enough to make their own
black mixtures.

Shades are deep, powerful and mysterious. Be careful not to use too much black as it can get a little
overpowering. These darks work well in a masculine environment. They are best used as dark
accents in art and marketing graphics.

15. Tones

16. Tones

Now that you understand how to lighten and darken your twelve
colors how do you tone them down?

Almost every color we see in our day-to-day world has been
toned either a little or a lot. This makes for more appealing
color combinations.

A Tone is created by adding both White and Black which is
grey. Any color that is "greyed down" is considered a Tone.

Tones are somehow more pleasing to the eye. They are more
complex, subtle and sophisticated.

Artists usually mix a little grey in every paint mixture to adjust the value and intensity of their
pigment. Tones are the best choice for most interior decorating because they're more interesting.
They work well in any Color Scheme you might plan

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23. Complementary colors (or Direct Complementary) are those that appear opposite each other on the color wheel.

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24. A split-complementary color arrangement results from one color paired with two colors on either side of the original colors
direct complement creating a scheme containing three colors.

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25. Double complement harmonies include two sets of complementary colors that sit next to and across from each other on
the color wheel forming an X.

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26. Analogous harmonies are based on three or more colors that sit side-by-side on the color wheel.

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27. Triad colors are three colors equally spaced from one another, creating an equilateral triangle on the color wheel.

28. Diad schemes are combinations of two colors located two steps apart on the color wheel, skipping the color in between.

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29. Tetrad combinations are made up of four hues equal distance from one another, forming a square or rectangle on the color
wheel.

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30. Monochromatic harmony uses various values (tints, tones, and shades) within the same color family.

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