| VALUE | | the lightness or darkness of a color |
| ANALOGOUS | | always have a name, always the same |
| TEXTURE | | What the eye sees when white light bounces off an object |
| QUALITY | | having height, width and depth |
| WARM | | this describe the type of line or the direction the line is moving |
| COLOR | | the surface feel or appearnace of an object |
| SPECTRUM | | calming colors like blue, green, and violet |
| FORM | | name of a color |
| SPACE | | shapes found in nature |
| CHARACTER | | a line closing on itself |
| SECONDARY | | colors directly across the color wheel from one another |
| COMPLEMENTARY | | uplifting colors like red, yellow, orange |
| INTENSITY | | range of all color |
| LINE | | this deals with the surface appearance of the line |
| NEUTRAL | | No color |
| GEOMETRIC | | three colors side by side on the color wheel |
| COOL | | the path of a dot moving through space |
| SHAPE | | first colors red, yellow and blue |
| PRIMARY | | brightness or darkness of a color |
| ORGANIC | | area in and around an object |
| HUE | | mixed from two primary colors |