The Color Wheel

The color wheel is a visual tool that organizes colors in a circular format, showing relationships between them. It typically features primary colors (red, blue, yellow), which cannot be made by mixing others, and secondary colors (green, orange, purple), created by mixing two primaries. Tertiary colors result from mixing primary and secondary colors. The wheel helps artists and designers choose harmonious colors—complementary (opposite each other), analogous (next to each other), or triadic (evenly spaced). Overall, it’s a useful guide for understanding how colors work together visually.