COLOR SCHEMES

Color schemes are planned selections of colors from the color wheel that are based on color theory. In a painting that relies on a particular color scheme, those colors appear dominant. For complementary color schemes, sometimes opposite colors are mixed together in varying proportions creating neutralized or dulled color.

Color schemes based on the 12 hue color wheel:

< One hue plus black and white < Adjacent hues on the color wheel (usually four hues), plus black and white < Two hues directly opposite on the color wheel, plus black and white < Any three hues equally spaced from each other on the color wheel, plus black and white < Two adjacent hues with their complements, plus black and white < Two pairs of complements that are equally spaced from each other, plus black and white < One hue plus the two hues on either side of the complement, plus black and white < The two hues located on both sides of a particular hue plus the two hues located on both sides of the complement, plus black and white