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Our color wheel
The color wheel is our tool for understanding
which colors go with what.
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Our color wheel
Part science, part art, the color wheel is our tool for understanding
which colors go with what.
Visible light
Wherever there is light, there
is color. While we think of
colors as independent—this
blue, that red—a color is
never seen alone but always
in the context of other colors. Like a musical
note, no one color is “good” or “bad.” Rather,
it’s one part of a composition that
as a whole
is pleasing or not. The color wheel is our tool
for understanding how colors relate to one
another. Here’s how it works.
Ultraviolet
Infra-red
The color wheel is the range of visible light made into a circle.
Infinity, simplified
White light contains all visible colors, which form an infinite
spectrum that always appears in the violet-to-red sequence
you see in a rainbow (right, top). To make it practical, the color wheel represents
this infinity with 12 basic hues pretty much like those in your first box of crayons.
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What are the colors?
The wheel has 12 basic hues. First are the three
primary
colors of blue, yellow and red.
Primary colors combine to make
secondary
colors, which combine to make
tertiary
colors.
Primary colors
are the wheel’s “parent”
colors; they are the only colors not made from
other colors. The primary colors are positioned
around the wheel in thirds.
Secondary colors
are halfway
between the primary colors. Each
is made from equal amounts of
the nearest primaries.
Tertiary colors
are halfway
between the secondary colors.
Each is made from equal amounts
of the adjacent secondaries.
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Colors in common
As you can tell, every color is part of the color next to it, which is part of the next and the
next, all the way around the wheel.
Colors in common
are the basis of color relationships.
Blue is common
to all seven colors, which get
less blue as they fan out. Green and violet are
the secondaries that contain blue.
Yellow is common
to all seven colors, which
get less yellow as they fan out. Green and
orange are the secondaries that contain yellow.
Red is common
to all seven colors, which get
less red as they fan out. Orange and violet are
the secondaries that contain red.
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Color value
Color also has darkness and lightness, or
value.
To show value, the color wheel has
more rings; two big rings for the dark
shades
and two small rings for the light
tints.
The color wheel
has five
concentric rings from dark to light—
shades are the big rings, tints are
the small, and hues are the middle.
Shade
Shade
Hue
Tint
Tint
Hue
Tints and shades
(Left) A
shade
is the hue plus
black, and a
tint
is the hue plus
white.
Infinite gradient
(Below) Five steps represent
what is actually a continuous
gradient from white to black. A
tint or shade can fall anywhere
on the continuum.
Tints
hue + white
Shades
hue + black
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