HUE is the basic name of the color: red, blue, yellow, orange, green, purple.

PRIMARY HUES are Red, Yellow and Blue

SECONDARY HUES are those you get when you mix two primary colors.

ORANGE = Red + Yellow
GREEN = Blue + Yellow
PURPLE = Blue + Red

SHADE is any hue with black added.

TINT is any hue with white added.

TONE is created by adding both white and black to a hue so that the color is grayed down.

VALUE is the relative degree of lightness or darkness of a hue - it’s grayness (white to black).

CHROMA refers to the hue’s intensity or dullness.

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The difference between chroma and value is this. . .

with chroma you are considering how pure or intense the hue is.

with value you are paying no attention to the hue and are only considering the lightness or darkness.

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Got it? Now go paint!
Still don’t have it? Go paint anyway! The whole idea is to have fun with this.