What is the name of a color in its pure form?

• A. Hue
• B. Saturation
• C. Value
• D. Web Safe Colors

Answer: (A)

Color can be described by three attributes: hue, saturation, and value. Hue identifies the basic color family—red, blue, green, and so on—the actual color name you would use. Saturation measures how intense or pure the color looks; lowering saturation adds gray, making the color duller. Value, or lightness, describes how light or dark the color is. When we talk about the color in its pure form, we’re referring to the hue—the color family itself—while saturation and value describe how vivid and how bright or dark that hue appears. Web Safe Colors refers to a specific historical web palette and isn’t about the purity of the color.