Color Harmony Schemes: Palettes Worked Out From the Wheel

Each page takes one rule of the color wheel and works it out for every hue of the painter's wheel, as swatches with hex codes to copy. Split-complementary gives a base color and the two beside its opposite.

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Split Complementary Color Scheme for Every Hue on the WheelThe split-complementary scheme of every hue: a base color and the two beside its opposite, at full strength, pale, deep and muted. Red with yellow-green and blue-green, all deep
Color Triads: Every Triadic Scheme on the WheelThe four triads of the wheel, each plain and with every one of its colors leading in turn, with pale, bright or deep partners. Orange, green and violet, all muted
Tetradic Color: Every Square and Rectangle on the WheelEvery square and rectangle of the wheel: four colors as two opposite pairs, at full strength, pale, deep and muted. Red-orange, yellow-orange, blue-green and blue-violet, all pale
Analogous and Complementary Colors for Every HueA color, its two neighbors and its opposite on one strip of four, for every hue, each with a subject to draw. Red-orange with red and orange, and blue-green, all muted

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Triadic gives three colors evenly spaced, with each one leading in turn. Tetradic gives four as two opposite pairs, in a square or a rectangle. Analogous with the complement puts a color, its two neighbors and its opposite on one strip, with a subject to draw. The codes are for a screen; with paint or pencils, take the nearest color. For palettes that follow no rule, deal one from the art color challenge.

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