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Colors include white, grays, blacks and colors that have a grayish cast.
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The range of gray levels, from black to white, but without color. For neutral areas in the image, the RGB signals will all be equal; in color difference formats, the color difference signals will be zero.
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Colors formed by mixing complementary colors on the color wheel.
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Colors in which all three primaries -- that is, black, white and gray -- exist in equal amounts.
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Black, white, gray, and brown are considered to be “neutral” colors because they are (theoretically) neither warm nor cool colors. Some neutral colors may be achieved by mixing a complementary color pair—which “neutralizes” them.
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Colors that have very little actual color. Neutral colors work well as a backdrop for other, more intense colors. They are soothing in nature for large spaces for long periods of use.
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Colors that lack hue, such as black, white, gray and brown.
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Colors that lack both hue and chroma, which include black, white and the levels of gray in between. Also called achromatic colors. See also Grayscale.
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White, off-white, light beige and gray - colors that generally go well with all other colors.
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colors such as black, gray, and white (and shade of them) maybe arranged in varying lightness, but have no hue.
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The colors black, white, gray, and variations of brown. They are included in the color family called earth colors.
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