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Colour Properties
The fundamental measurable qualities of colour - hue, value, and chroma - together with their derivatives and the colour wheel relationships that govern how colours interact.
“Hue, value, and chroma are three independent dimensions of colour - a colour can have high value and low chroma, or low value and high chroma. Managing all three is the foundation of colour skill.”
Colour properties describe colour in precise, analytical terms. Hue is pure colour - it does not include black or white. Value describes the quality of lightness or darkness: tints have high value, shades have low value, and full-strength colour has middle value. Chroma describes the strength or weakness of a hue. From a single hue, tints (adding white), tones (adding grey), and shades (adding black) are derived. The colour wheel organises all hues into primary, secondary, and tertiary relationships, providing the reference tool for all colour scheme work. Sources: Pampling (130, 131).
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