Elements of Art: Value & Texture

Value deals with the lightness or darkness of a color.

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What is value?

A value scale allows artists to understand and organize different shades from light to dark. It includes a graduated scale from the lightest value (white) to the darkest value (black) and various gray tones in between.

What is a value scale?

A hue is the actual color of something.

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What is a hue?

Tints are created when white is added to any hue on the color wheel. This process lightens and desaturates the hue.

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What is are tints?

Shades are created when black is added to any hue found on the color wheel. This process darkens the hue and creates a more intense color.

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What is are shades?

Texture in art is the visual and tactile surface characteristics; it refers to the physical appearance or feel of an object, and can be seen through bumps, ridges, grooves, and other physical details.

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What is texture?