color value refers to the lightness or darkness of a color
Explanation:
when you add white to a hue, a high-value color(tint) is produced and when black is added to a hue, a low-value color(shade) is produced. such colors are generally called tones.
what is hue? Hue is the purest forms of color as seen in the full spectrums of color. red, green, yellow etc are examples
Tones are usually either light or dark depending of what color value bing produced.
