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Your friend Allison plans to add white paint to her yellow paint to make the hue lighter. She hopes to suggest a source of natural light within the artwork, such as sunlight. When she does this, what specific aspect of color do you determine she will be changing?

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intensity

intensity

value

value

saturation

saturation

texture

texture
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When Allison adds white paint to her yellow paint to lighten the hue, she is specifically changing the value of the color. Value refers to the lightness or darkness of a color, and by adding white, she is increasing the lightness, thus creating a lighter hue.