CREATING A COLOUR SCHEME

RELATED COLOUR SCHEMES

MONOCHROMATIC SCHEMES

use different tones or values of the same hue

NEUTRAL SCHEMES

based entirely on neutral colours (cream, beige, grey, white)

NEUTRALS AND ONE COLOUR

use neutrals as backdrop and one colour as an accent

ANALOGOUS COLOUR SCHEMES

use adjacent hues which are located next to each other on a colour wheel

CONTRASTING HARMONIES

MONOCHROME SCHEMES

Use white, black and grey

COMPLIMENTARY SCHEMES

use two colours which are located opposite to each other on the colour wheel

SPLIT-COMPLIMENTARY SCHEMES

made from one hue on the one side of the wheel and the two hues on either side of its compliment

TRIADIC SCHEMES

use three colours that are equidistant to each other on the colour wheel

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