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Presently I have 3 different colors. I am referring to them as:

  • light (could be sky blue or pink)
  • middle (could be blue or red)
  • dark (could be navy or crimson)

Is there a better way to describe the lightness darkness of the colors?

If I had four or five different darknesses that I waned to describe what would be the best way to refer to them? The best I have come up with would be something like:

  • very light
  • light
  • middle
  • dark
  • very dark
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  • Did you check a thesaurus for synonyms of "light", "dark", and "medium"?
    – Matt Gutting
    Commented Aug 6, 2014 at 17:27
  • @MattGutting - For 'dark', the thesaurus returns things like: black, darkened, dim, shadowy, obscure, unlit. If I told you, I had a dark color and a dim color which would you say was closer to black (ie darker).
    – sixtyfootersdude
    Commented Aug 6, 2014 at 17:54
  • The usual term is mid-blue not middle blue.
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Commented Aug 6, 2014 at 18:40

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It depends on the context, but in photography the tones are sometimes called:

  • White
  • Highlight
  • Midtone
  • Shadow
  • Black
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