![]() ![]() In the mid 1600’s, Sir Isaac Newton conducted his famous prism experiments, often referred to as his, “celebrated phenomenon of colors.” Before this, bizarre speculation abounded about the nature of color and vision. The miracle of the color wheel is that only 3 Primary Colors - Red (Magenta), Blue (Cyan) and Yellow - are needed to mix the full range of all 12 colors depicted!īefore we get into understanding the colors on the color wheel, here’s a little context……. The wheel is also organized around color temperature, with a warm range of colors from yellow to red-violet on the right and the cooler range of colors from yellow-green to violet on the left. ![]() The elegance of the arrangement of the color wheel reveals fundamental “chromatic” relationships, with analogous colors situated side by side and complementary colors opposite to one another. (Unbelievably, other animals are able to see a whole realm of colors beyond our visible spectrum!) While the colors of the rainbow fall along a continuum (with blurred boundaries) the colors of the color wheel are segmented into 12 sections: 3 primary colors, 3 secondary colors, and 6 tertiary colors. Color wheels demonstrate the range of colors of the rainbow, also known as Prismatic Colors, that we are able to see as humans. ![]()
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