What does value mean?

• A. Lacking black or white
• B. Closer to white. The brighter the color, the more value it has.
• C. A pure hue with no lightness
• D. The darkness of a color

Answer: (B)

Value is the lightness or darkness of a color—the degree to which it appears bright. This concept matters because it helps create contrast, highlights, and depth in makeup and color decisions. The statement that as a color gets closer to white it becomes brighter, and thus has more value, captures the essence: higher value means a lighter color. The other options miss this full idea: lacking black or white describes saturation more than lightness; a pure hue with no lightness is color without value; the darkness of a color only addresses one end of the scale and ignores lighter values altogether.