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Color Harmony Cheat Sheet Guide

The document provides information on different types of color harmonies: analogous, complementary, split-complementary, triadic, tetradic, and monochromatic. Analogous colors are close together on the color wheel and have little contrast, while complementary colors are directly across from each other on the wheel and have the most contrast. Split-complementary lessens the contrast of complementary colors. Triadic colors are evenly spaced in a triangle on the wheel. Tetradic forms a rectangle on the wheel. Monochromatic uses variations of a single hue.

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Color Harmony Cheat Sheet Guide

The document provides information on different types of color harmonies: analogous, complementary, split-complementary, triadic, tetradic, and monochromatic. Analogous colors are close together on the color wheel and have little contrast, while complementary colors are directly across from each other on the wheel and have the most contrast. Split-complementary lessens the contrast of complementary colors. Triadic colors are evenly spaced in a triangle on the wheel. Tetradic forms a rectangle on the wheel. Monochromatic uses variations of a single hue.

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Cheat Sheet

Color Harmony ANALOGOUS COMPLEMENTARY SPLIT -COMPLEMENTARY

These colors are close to each other Complementary colors exists on Split-complementary colors takes the
on the color wheel. There is little opposite sides of the color wheel. They high contrast complementary colors and
contrast between the colors, giving have the most contrast of any two lessens the dramatic contrast by splitting
them a softer look. One of the most colors, giving them a dramatic look. the difference on the opposing side.
versatile color harmonies outside of
monochromatic.

TRIADIC TETRADIC MON OC HROMATIC

These colors are evenly spaced out A bit harder to use, tetradic forms a Monochromatic colors are just
along the color wheel in a triangle rectangle or square around the wheel variations of one single hue. These
pattern. You may have noticed that the to form a color palette that has no one variations can be created by adding
three primary colors are triadic colors, dominant color. These are great for white, gray or black to the base hue
as well as the three secondary colors. creating big pops of color that exist to create a wide variety of different
throughout your whole palette. shades and tints. This one is the easiest
color harmonies to work with.

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