Color Theory

historical collection blues

Color Saturation

One of the keys to understanding color is to isolate the key properties and understand how each affects our perception. In earlier posts, we have already discussed hue and chroma. And today we are covering a third key property: saturation which refers to the amount of pigment in a color and describes how vivid or…

A few paint chips from the Ben Moore fan deck

Color Hue: What is It?

In color theory, hue refers to the pure, base color of the spectrum, such as red, blue, yellow, green, etc. Hue is the color’s name. Today we will discuss how to determine the hue of a color and how to distinguish it from other characteristics of color such as value, saturation and chroma. I will…