Three to five neighboring hues on the color wheel. Example: yellow, yellow green, green, blue green.
Any series of colors that are adjacent on the color wheel.
Colors that are closely related to each other because a common color can be found; for example: blue, blue-violet, violet colors.
Colors that lie near each other on the color wheel. Anatase Titanium – A pigment used in alkyd paints to produce self-cleaning films that renew themselves by chalking. Rarely used.
Colors that are adjacent to one another on the color wheel
Colors that fall side-by-side on the color wheel. Unless values are very intense, the combination of analogous colors is relaxing to the eye.
Colors that are closely related, or near each other on the color spectrum. Especially those in which we can see common hues.
Colors next to each other on the color wheel
Any three colors located next to one another on the color wheel.
Any two or more colors adjacent to each other on the color wheel. Can be considered families of colors e.g. the “warm” colors red, orange, yellow, and the “cool” colors green, blue, violet.
Color scheme that uses colors that are side by side on the color wheel and share a hue (i.e. red-orange,)
Closely related hues, especially those in which we can see a common hue; hues that are neighbors on the color wheel, such as blue, blue-green, and green.
