Color-Intensities and Color-Neutralizations
138. It is important to distinguish between degrees of intensity and degrees of neutralization. The degrees of color-intensity and of color-neutralization, in any value, are described by fractions. The formula D-R¾ means, value Dark, color Red, intensity three quarters. The formula D-R, ¾N means, value Dark, color Red, three quarters neutralized. The formula M-O½ means, value Middle, color Orange, intensity one half. The formula M-O, ½N means, value Middle, color Orange, half neutralized. M-O, ½N is a tone somewhat less intense in color than M-O½, as may be seen on the diagram. The degree of neutralization has reference, in all cases, to the maximum intensity for the given value. What that is, theoretically, may be seen by referring to the triangle of the color, in which the possibilities of intensity, in different values, are clearly indicated.