What exactly is the Color Wheel Theory?
To understand the theory you have to know what the color wheel is. The wheel’s construction is actually quite simple. You have your 6 basic colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Then you have extra, “in-between” colors that are mixes of the basic colors. As per the theory there are certain color combination patterns which can be identified on the wheel which when used together give a harmonious feeling to the human eye. “Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No. Just as one can never learn how to paint” – Quote by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish painter. How to identify harmonious colors According to color theory, harmonious color combinations use any two colors opposite to each other on the color wheel, any three colors equally spaced around the color wheel forming a triangle, or any four colors forming a rectangle. The harmonious color combinations are called color schemes. The following four schemes are the most commonly u
