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the color wheel with two arrows pointing to each other

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.

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a color wheel with the words tetradic on it and an image of a line in

Tetradic or double complementary colors uses four colors together, in the form of two sets of complementary colors. For example, blue and orange is paired with yellow and violet. [ “ It offers more color variety than any other scheme (but) if all four colors are used in equal amounts, the scheme may look unbalanced, so you should choose a color to be dominant or subdue the colors. Avoid using pure colors in equal amounts. ” ]

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the color wheel with an arrow pointing to one side and two different colors on each side

ch 9 DOUBLE COMPLEMENTARY A four-hue contrasting color scheme. This scheme uses two adjacent complementary pairs, for example, yellow, YO, violet, and BV.

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a color wheel with different colors in it

A Split Complementary Colour Scheme is a colour scheme that is created by selecting one colour from the colour wheel and then using one colour from either side of its complementary colour....

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a poster with different colors on it that says, red yellow blue green and orange

Hello, it's Keren, with the third instalment in our Colour Wheel series, this time about Triadic schemes. Each time we've looked at the Colour Wheel and some of the main colour groupings or schemes, it's really brought out the best in our bloggers and indeed, has often challenged them out of their colour comfort zone. If you're new here, or missed the previous two, we first looked at Complementary schemes where Leandra introduced the PaperArtsy paintable Colour Wheel and then a few months…

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an orange plate with blue flowers painted on it

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