Good stuff, William -- thanks.
In a message dated 4/5/10 3:28:09 PM, [email protected] writes:
>
> Hue refers to a color.
>
> Without any adjectives,hue refers to a color at full saturation, meaning
> as much of that color as possible, like the reddest red.
>
> Shade refers to a hue that is modified to a lower value than the hue is at
> full saturation.
>
> Tint refers to a hue at a higher value than the hue is at full saturation.
>
> Value refers only to the degree of lightness or darkness a hue has.
>
> Any modification of a hue reduces its saturation whether by tinting or
> shading. That's why a pink, as a tint of red, is less bright or less
> saturated yet of a higher value.
>
> An ideal red at full intensity has a value of "high dark" (one shade lower
> than middle on a scale of seven values from high light to low dark.
> Yellow, for instance, has a value of high light, one tint below white).
>
> So I get anxious when I read about color "shades" when the real reference
> is to "tint". The word shade in color terminology does not refer to
> different colors but only to those having values (darkness) below "middle"
on the
> seven value scale.
