color wheel
noun
: a circular diagram of the spectrum used to show the relationships between the colors
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Analogous colors are best understood when referencing the color wheel, the go-to diagram in color theory that explains how hues relate to each other.
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Shelby Deering, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2024
Theresa Butler of Atlanta’s Theresa Butler Interiors defines an analogous color scheme as one that utilizes two or three neighboring colors on the color wheel.
—Shelby Deering, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2024
Basically, complementary colors—or colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel—neutralize each other.
—Sarah Han, Allure, 15 Oct. 2024
What are the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors on a color wheel?
—Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
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Shelby Deering, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2024
Theresa Butler of Atlanta’s Theresa Butler Interiors defines an analogous color scheme as one that utilizes two or three neighboring colors on the color wheel.
—Shelby Deering, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2024
Basically, complementary colors—or colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel—neutralize each other.
—Sarah Han, Allure, 15 Oct. 2024
What are the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors on a color wheel?
—Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Color wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color%20wheel. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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