What is Saturation
SATURATION
Saturation speaks to the part of color that we see and describe as bright or dull. If you want to dull a paint color, you decrease its saturation. If you think it's too muddy or dull, you want the saturation to be clearer or more pure -- closer to the color's root hue. Adjusting saturation means adding black, gray, or color complements to a paint color in order to decrease saturation which will dull it or "knock it back". Doing so moves the color farther away from its purest state of hue. The more black, gray, or complement you add to a color, the more neutralized the color becomes. See how the blue in the graphic is moved from a bright, vivid blue all the way down to a neutral gray.
The Three Parts of Color
Saturation speaks to the part of color that we see and describe as bright or dull. If you want to dull a paint color, you decrease its saturation. If you think it's too muddy or dull, you want the saturation to be clearer or more pure -- closer to the color's root hue. Adjusting saturation means adding black, gray, or color complements to a paint color in order to decrease saturation which will dull it or "knock it back". Doing so moves the color farther away from its purest state of hue. The more black, gray, or complement you add to a color, the more neutralized the color becomes. See how the blue in the graphic is moved from a bright, vivid blue all the way down to a neutral gray.
The Three Parts of Color
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