...not tell us whether they are light or dark (Value), weak or strong (Chroma). Value: "In painting and allied arts, relation of one object, part, or atmospheric...reference to light and shade, the idea of hue being extracted." Value is the light of a color, or the quality by which we distinguish a light color from...

...reflected to the eye. Value, in painting and the allied arts, is defined by the Century dictionary as the relation of one object, part or atmospheric plane...light and shade, the idea of hue being abstracted. Thus normal yellow, though it is identical with normal red in purity, exceeds it in luminosity. White...