• Saturation is the term used to describe the purity of a color in the

sense of the amount of apparent color in contrast with an achromatic

area of equal brightness. Saturation and chroma are scientific terms
for intensity.
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• Intensity refers to the color strength of a hue as compared with a
colorless gray. (e.g. brilliant blue vs dull blue). To change the intensity
of a color, mix it with something grayer than it is without changing its
value or hue.
• The colors we see in the objects around us have their source in light. The differences I hues results from the variations the length and rapidity if vibrations of the light waves. Colors evoke in us a psychological response.
• Color is subjective and emotional unlike line which is intellectual−measurable & defines form.
• Colors possess a number of aspects: 1) hue, 2) saturation, intensity or chroma, 3) brightness, tone, or value.
• Hue is the dimension of color which is referred to a scale ranging through red, yellow, green, and blue. Corresponding to the sensations experienced from stimulation by light of various wavelengths and ranging the
visible section of the spectrum.
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• Warm hues (red, orange, yellow) have longer wavelengths and are easily discernable.
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• Cool hues (blue and violet) have shorter wavelengths that seem to merge into each other.
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• −Primary: red, yellow, blue
• −Secondary: orange, violet, blue
• −Complementary: opposite sides
• −Intermediate: adjacent to each other
• −Analogous: group of 3 colors next to each other (adjacent intermediate colors)
• −Monochromatic: one color mixed with white or gray tones
• −Polychromatic: many colors
• −Achromatic: without colors; only black, white and gray are used
• −Triadic: sets of primary colors or secondary colors in dominance