Complementary colors examples

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This image shows a design with color harmony. The color scheme used in the design is split-complementary. The bright yellow is the one being complemented by the blue and purple. The main color, yellow, has a bright chroma while the split-complementary colors are darker hue. This helps us know which color complimented.

Colors ~ Purple and Yellow

Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel are considered to be complementary colors (example: red and green). The high c...

Color Harmony: as suggested by the title, this piece of artwork displays a contrast between blue and orange. Specifically, purple is used with a greener-blue to produce a split complimentary.

Pantone has chosen its “Colors of the Year” for 2020 , and they are a study in contrasts: “Illuminating,” a sunshine-y yellow; and “Ultimate Gray,” wh

This work is a complementary color scheme example.

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I painted this for the April project for Watercolor Workshop group. The challenge for this month is to select a tetradic color scheme from the color wheel. The tetrad I selected was blue-violet, red-orange, yellow-orange, and blue green. I mixed the 4 colors in 4 small plastic souffle cups. I did a simple sketch and when painting it, I tried to keep the colors as pure as possible, only mixing the colors together in order to make shadows and the color for the floor and the leaves of the…