OUGD404 Studio Brief 01 - How do you read? - Chromatic Value

Chromatic value:
Is the 'brightness' of a colour, whether it is light or dark and how close a colour is to white.

Hue:
Different hues are caused by different wavelengths of light. The property of colour that we are asking about (what colour is that?).

Chroma:
This property of colour tells us how pure a hue it is. In a colour with high chroma there is no white, black or grey present. These colours will appear very vivid.

Saturation:
Tells us how colour will look under certain different lightings, this can also be called intensity. Think of saturation in terms of pale or weak, pure or strong.

Tints, Tones and Shades:
If white is added to a hue it is called a tint.
If black is added to a hue it is called a shade.
If grey is added to a hue it is called a tone.