Complimentary colors in the color wheel #color #colorwheel #lesson #combinations #decorating

A blog about how to properly combine colors and how to use a color wheel with different tints, tones, and shades.

Complimentary Colors "Life is a great big canvas...Throw all the color on it you can"... The complementary color scheme is made of two colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. This scheme looks best when you put a warm color against a cool color, for example, red versus green-blue. The complementary scheme is intrinsically high-contrast. When using the complementary scheme, it is important to choose a dominant color and use its complementary color for accents. Using one color…

Although colors are a part of our daily lives, there are many variations to them and their uses that not everyone may take advantage of it. Take split-complementary colors, for example.

Learn how to master split complementary colors, one of the most basic and most approachable color schemes (aka the compound color scheme).

Instructional design/Color and Design/Combining Colors - Wikiversity