We all know that all colors are made up of three primary colors - red, blue and green - in various combinations. Secondary colors are made up of mixing of these primary colors such as cyan; yellow and purple while tertiary colors are made up of mixing the secondary colors to the primary colors such as reddish orange and yellowish green. Absence of all the three colors make up an absolute black, which is almost non-existent, and the black we normally talk about is actually a tint or shade of the actual color. Similarly all these three colors mixed in equal parts would produce pure white light such as sunlight. Colors that we are talking about are actually the light particles reflected by a substance when the source absorbs the rest of it. It is actually the tints, tones, values and shades of the basic key hues that make our world so colorful to look at.

Let us see, the actual meaning of the words used above:

* Hue means Color such as red color or red hue,
* Tint means the pure color mixed with white such as tints of red means red mixed with white color to produce different kind of reds and pinks,
* Tone of a color means that the pure color is mixed with grey,
* Value of a color means the lightness and darkness of a shade achieved by the sheer or deeper application of the color,
* Key colors are the dominant colors that we have chosen for room or home décor, while
Shade of a color means that the pure color is mixed with black.


While painting your walls and ceilings or deciding a color scheme for your home décor, it is always helpful to collect chips and swatches of your favorite colors from various sources such as fabrics, hardware stores and even cuttings that you can arrange and rearrange to decide what colors look good together. Furnishings are a wonderful way to add color and texture to your home and can be moved easily too.