Use of different tints, shades, and intensities of one color defines which color scheme?

• A. Polychromatic color scheme
• B. Monochromatic color scheme
• C. Triadic color scheme
• D. Analogous color scheme

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is that you create harmony by sticking with a single hue and varying only its lightness, darkness, or saturation. By making tints (adding white), shades (adding black), or tones (adding gray or reducing saturation) of one color, you generate a family of related values that stay visually unified. This results in a cohesive, calm look where differences in emphasis come from value changes rather than using multiple distinct colors. In contrast, other schemes involve multiple hues or relationships between colors on the wheel, such as using several colors or colors that are adjacent or evenly spaced around the wheel. So, using one color plus its variants defines a monochromatic color scheme.