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Color
An element of art which has three properties.  (1) Hue, which is the name of a color. For example,  red, yellow, blue.   (2) Intensity, which refers to the brightness and purity of a color.  For example, bright red or dull red.   (3) Value, which refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.

Contrast of Saturation
The term refers to the contrast between pure intense colors and dull diluted or grayed colors.   Dull colors would appear to be duller when it is placed next to pure intense colors, and pure intense colors would appear move vivid when it is next to a dull color.

Contrast of Extension
Different amounts of one color are needed to blance another.  The contrast of extension is used to refer to contrast between the proportion of one area of color to another. Complimentary Contrast
Complimentary Contrast refers to the contrast between complimentary (opposite) colors.   Complimentary colors are those that are directly opposite to each other on the color wheel.