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A tone is a color that has been mixed with gray

A tint is a hue or color that has had white added.

A shade is a color that has been mixed with black.

Saturation refers to the intensity of the color within an image.

The Pantone Matching System is a popular form of color standardization that helps with color matching.

Pantone is a popular color matching system. The only product PrinitingCenterUSA matches Pantone colors for are envelopes.

A palette is a chosen range of colors for a design. For example, if your project revolved around the picture below (left), then you may select your supporting design and graphics to be the color swatches below (right).

Opacity is the level of transparency.

Monochrome literally means one color. Similarly to grayscale, monochrome is an image or file that has been stripped of any color except one in various tints and shades.

An ICC Profile refers to a set of data characterizing the input or output of color in accordance with standards set by the International Color Consortium.