Describes the lightness or darkness of a hue.

Describes the lightness or darkness of a hue.

• A. Shade
• B. Value
• C. Tone
• D. Color

Answer: (B)

Value is the lightness or darkness of a color. It describes how bright or deep a hue appears, independent of which hue you’re looking at. For example, when you keep the same blue but adjust how light or dark it looks, you’re changing its value. This concept helps explain contrast, shading, and how colors behave in a composition. Shade, tint, and tone refer to specific ways of altering a color: shade adds black to make a darker version, tint adds white to make a lighter version, and tone adds gray to reduce saturation; color is just the hue itself, not its lightness or darkness.

Value is the lightness or darkness of a color. It describes how bright or deep a hue appears, independent of which hue you’re looking at. For example, when you keep the same blue but adjust how light or dark it looks, you’re changing its value. This concept helps explain contrast, shading, and how colors behave in a composition. Shade, tint, and tone refer to specific ways of altering a color: shade adds black to make a darker version, tint adds white to make a lighter version, and tone adds gray to reduce saturation; color is just the hue itself, not its lightness or darkness.