Tone describes what aspect of color?

• A. The hue of a color.
• B. The degree of darkness or lightness of a color.
• C. The strength of a color.
• D. The saturation level.

Answer: (B)

Tone is about how light or dark a color appears. In color theory, a color has hue (the color family), saturation (how vivid or pure it is), and value or brightness (how light or dark it is). Tone specifically describes that brightness level, often influenced by adding gray, white, or black to shift the perceived lightness without changing the hue. So the degree of darkness or lightness of a color is exactly what tone conveys. The other terms describe different aspects: hue is the color itself, saturation is its intensity, and “strength” would be related to how vivid or pure the color appears, not its lightness.