Color Series
Color Schemes Compared
On this page you will find a quick reference guide to the different categories of color showing Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Colors of the color wheel.
We focus on the color categories of Red, Red Orange, Orange, Yellow Orange, Yellow, Yellow Green, Green, Blue Green, Blue, Blue Violet, Violet, and Red Violet color schemes.
Each color category shows the corresponding colors associated to the various color schemes of Monochromatic, Analogous, Complementary, Split Complementary, Triadic, and Tetradic Colors used by Illustrators and Graphic Designers.
Our Color Series include these topics:
- Color Theory and The Color Wheel
- Color Schemes Compared
- Communicating with Color
- Web Safe Color Wheel
- Web Safe Colors by Hue Order
- Web Safe Colors by Value Order
We will continue to add more in our Color Series as they are developed, so check back with us often!
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Tags: analogous, color communication, color meanings, color wheel, complementary, monochromatic, split complementary, tetradic, triadic
About Author
Malane Newman
Malane Newman is a professional illustrator and cartoonist for over 25 years. She is a master with color and eye candy. She has illustrated a variety of consumer products such as games, childrens books, board games, food and product packaging, magazines, greeting cards, and other consumer products. She provides new character design for clients and offers the copyrights at affordable rates. She can match most cartooning styles and works with creative directors on licensed character art (Barbie, Popeye, The Swan Princess).
