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- Complementary colors are opposites on the color wheel—red and green
- Analogous colors sit next to one another on the color wheel—red, orange, and yellow
- Triadic colors are evenly spaced around the color wheel and tend to be very bright and dynamic.

Color Scheme

The color wheel consists of three primary colors (red, yellow, blue), three secondary colors (colors created when primary colors are mixed: green, orange, purple) and six tertiary colors (colors made from primary and secondary colors, such as blue-green or red-violet).

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