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Writer's picturePradeepa Thirumulu

Basic Color Wheel

Updated: Sep 12, 2021


Whether you are an artist, an interior , fabric or a landscape designer, a color wheel is an important tool, to create a pleasing work of art to the eyes.


Here is a basic color wheel to understand the color choices.

Using three primary colors ( cannot be mixed from other colors) a number of color combinations can be achieved.

I used watercolors, and the three Primary colors Ultramarine Blue, pyrrol Red and aureolin Yellow.


In the figure above, circle A represents the primary colors.


Mixing any two primary colors will result in a secondary color as shown in circle B .


Mixing any primary and a secondary color will result in tertiary colors as shown in circle C.

The opposite colors on the colors wheel , shown as diagonal lines will be the complementary colors. Mixing these two colors together will result in a nuetral color.




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