Landscape Painting

GLOSSARY OF COLOR 
Hue 
Classification of a color as red, blue, green, or yellow in reference to the spectrum. 

Chroma 
1. The  purity  of a color, or its freedom from white or gray. 
2.  Intensity  of distinctive hue; saturation  of a color. 

Temperature 
Higher color temperatures are  cool  (blueish white) colors; 
lower color temperatures are  warm  (yellowish white through red) colors. 

Value 
The darkness or lightness of a color. Tone Tonal value 

Primary Colors 
The base colors from which other colors can be mixed: red, yellow, blue. 

Secondary Colors
A color, as orange, green, or violet, produced by mixing two primary colors. 

Intermediate Colors 
Intermediate colors are the "third" category of color. They are made by mixing to primary and secondary color together. 

Tertiary Color 
A color, as brown, produced by mixing two secondary colors. 

Complementary 
One of a pair of primary or secondary colors across from each other on the color wheel, as opposed to red, orange opposed to blue, or violet opposed to yellow. 

Monochromatic 
Having a variety of tones of only one color 

Neutral 
Colors that are neither warm nor cool. Grays and browns are neutral colors. 

Analogous 
Colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel.

Triadic
Colors in an equilateral triangle on the color wheel; such as red, yellow, and blue; or orange, green, and violet

Tint 
A color diluted with  white ; a color of less than maximum purity, chromo, or saturation. 
A delicate or pale color. 

Shade 
The degree of darkness of a color, determined by the quantity of  black  or by the lack of illumination. 

Opacity 

Opaque 
not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through. 

Transparent 
easily seen through 

Some definitions are taken from dictionary.com and wikipedia.com. 

Objective: Create a full color landscape painting using acrylic paints