IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS ABOUT COLOUR

COLOUR: It is a basic element of visual language. It is a light expression that arrives to the eyes which send the information to the brain.

PIGMENT: It is the sustance that make materials for paint and the origin can be mineral, animal or vegetal.

    LIGHT COLOURS                                                                      PIGMENTS COLOURS

                                                                                     

THE TREE PROPITIES OF COLOUR:

HUE: Also called Tone or tint, it is the name of the colour defined by its wavelength.

SATURATION: Degree of purity of a colour. If a colour is very saturated it means that is very pure and doesn't have many colours in its mix.

VALUE: Sometimes called brightness or luminosity. It is the amount of black or white that a colour has in its mix.