Hone your color IQ and improve your decorating skills by mastering some basic terminology. Knowing color terminology can mean the difference between elevating a color to the forefront of a space and losing the most vibrant of shades to the abyss of mismatched elements.
Hue: the color of an object, for example: red, blue, green, etc.) This is the color in its purest form.
Value: the degree of lightness or darkness of a color. As an example, a color such as blue can have a wide range of values, from pale blue to royal blue.
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Tint: the color with white added to it, making it lighter than the original color. For example, pink is a tint of the color red.
Shade: the color with black added to it, making it darker than the original color. For example, maroon is a shade of the color red.
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Tone: the color with grey added to it.
Intensity: the strength or force of a color; how bright or dull the color is. This is also known as chroma or saturation.
Tuck these terms away so that you’re ready to make an informed decision when choosing just the right color palette, whether it’s bright and brash or subtle and evocative.
This post was written in collaboration with Annie Krug.
