12 step Color Wheel

To start with, I thought you might like to see a 

 Color Wheel. 

It will help to make everything I say make sense.
There are lots of beautiful color schemes I am going to tell you about and this will help make it easier to understand.

The Primary colors are Red, Yellow and Blue.

The Secondary colors are Orange, Green and Purple. These are made up by mixing 2 Primary colors together. True Red and Yellow make Orange. True Blue and Yellow make Green. True Blue and Red make Purple.

The Complimentary Colors are opposites on the color wheel. When these are combined they create a neutral color or a nice brown depending on if the colors are true.


A Monochromatic color scheme is when you create tints by adding white to one hue or adding black to the same hue to create shades.

Analogous color scheme is when you choose colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.