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Hue

Imagine taking the colors of the spectrum and placing them on a circle, blending through red to orange, orange to yellow, yellow to green, green to blue, blue to purple and back round to red. The hue expresses a point around this circle. It does not say the brightness of the color or how vivid it is. The following diagram shows how these points can be represented on a color wheel:

A color wheel of hues

In the previous diagram, the circle shows that between 0 and 60 degrees, a red hue is seen. As you look at the compass points around the circle, the colors they will show should be clear. Colors are blended as you move around from one hue ...