The Color Wheel Word Search
This The Color Wheel word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — the terms and ideas of a school subject. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Words to find: COLOR, PRIMARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY, SHADE, TINT, TONE, VALUE, SATURATION, COMPLEMENTARY, ANALOGOUS, MONOCHROMATIC.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
The Color Wheel word list, defined
- COLOR /ˈkʌlər/ · noun
- The property of an object or light that produces different sensations in the eye depending on the wavelengths reflected or emitted, such as red, blue, or green. More broadly, it refers to pigments, dyes, or paints used to produce such effects. Related: hue, shade, tint, tone.
- PRIMARY /ˈprɪməri/ · adjective
- Being first in importance, order, or time; main or principal. Serving as a starting point or origin. Related: main, principal, first, initial.
- SECONDARY /ˈsɛkəndəri/ · adjective, noun
- Coming after the first in order or importance; subordinate. A school or college that is not the main or most important one. Related: subordinate, auxiliary, assistant, supporting.
- TERTIARY /ˈtɜːrʃɪəri/ · adjective
- Of or relating to the third in a series or order; third in importance or rank. Related: third, secondary, principal, primary.
- SHADE /ʃeɪd/ · noun, verb
- A shade is a partial or incomplete shadow. To shade something means to provide it with shade, or to make it less bright or intense. Related: shadow, umbrella, awning, canopy.
- TINT /tɪnt/ · noun, verb
- A tint is a light color or a slight shade of a color. To tint something is to give it a light color or to make it slightly colored. Related: shade, hue, color, dye.
- TONE /təʊn/ · noun, verb
- The quality of a person's voice or the quality of a sound; a particular attitude or feeling expressed by someone's voice or words. A particular quality or character of a sound, especially one that is perceived as pleasant or unpleasant. Related: pitch, timbre, cadence, inflection.
- VALUE /ˈvæljuː/ · noun, verb
- The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance or worth of something. To rate or judge the quality or amount of something. Related: worth, importance, merit, quality.
- SATURATION /sætʃʊˈreɪʃən/ · noun
- The state or quality of being fully engaged or occupied, or the process of becoming fully saturated with a particular substance or quality. The act or process of making something fully saturated with a particular substance or quality. Related: engagement, occupation, saturating, imbuing.
- COMPLEMENTARY /ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ri/ · adjective
- Combining in such a way as to enhance or emphasize the qualities of each other; forming a complete or satisfying whole when taken together. In mathematics and genetics, it also describes things that together make up a whole, such as angles that sum to 90 degrees. Related: matching, harmonizing, corresponding, reciprocal.
- ANALOGOUS /əˈnæləɡəs/ · adjective
- Comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that clarifies or illuminates something; corresponding in function or structure to something else but not identical in form or origin. Related: comparable, corresponding, similar, parallel.
- MONOCHROMATIC /mɒnəˈkrætɪk/ · adjective
- Having or consisting of a single color; having a uniform color throughout. Used to describe something that is visually uniform in color, often in a way that is aesthetically pleasing. Related: single-colored, uniform, one-colored, monochromic.
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