Colour wheel

Colour attracts and holds our attention; our eyes are more quickly attracted by colour than by shape or form.

Colour affected by many aspects, such as saturation, intensity, lighting, value, etc. value refers to the proportion of light or dark in a colour, coloured surface with the normal value of a colour which we can expect to find the colour represented on a colour wheel. Artists use this device to help clarify the relationships between the primary and secondary colours.

Anything lighter than the normal value is a tint; anything darker is a shade. Therefore, pink is a tint of red, and maroon is a shade of red.