color circle

noun

: an arrangement of hues in their natural spectrum order (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet plus the purples) about the circumference of a circle usually with pairs of complementary hues represented on the opposite ends of diameters

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

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