color wheel
noun
: a circular diagram of the spectrum used to show the relationships between the colors
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Basically, complementary colors—or colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel—neutralize each other.
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Sarah Han, Allure, 15 Oct. 2024
What are the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors on a color wheel?
—Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
Don’t look for it on the color wheel, fashion catwalks or in the prog rock songbook.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
On the color wheel, purple and blue are at the opposite end of the spectrum as yellow and orange, so the pigments in purple shampoos theoretically should cancel out shades of brass.
—Charlotte Lewis, refinery29.com, 25 Jan. 2024
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Sarah Han, Allure, 15 Oct. 2024
What are the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors on a color wheel?
—Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
Don’t look for it on the color wheel, fashion catwalks or in the prog rock songbook.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
On the color wheel, purple and blue are at the opposite end of the spectrum as yellow and orange, so the pigments in purple shampoos theoretically should cancel out shades of brass.
—Charlotte Lewis, refinery29.com, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Color wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color%20wheel. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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