Color Wheel: Complementary color guide color scheme ideas - Art-n-Fly

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Understanding the Color Wheel: Complementary Color Guide By Dana Hinders Have you ever started a new coloring project and found yourself unable to choose the perfect colors to start your picture? If so, you might want to try a complementary color scheme. Basic Complementary Color Schemes Complementary colors are two colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel. (If you don't already have a color wheel, it's well worth picking one up at your local art supply store or on . This is an inexpensive reference for all sorts of creative endeavors.) There are three basic complementary color schemes: Blue and orange Red and green Yellow and purple Complementary colors get their name because one is warm and the other is cool. When placed next to each other, they each make the other appear more intense. In color