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Understanding Color Schemes With The Color Wheel

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Know Your Primary Colors
Primary Colors

Primary Colors

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There are three primary colors: red, blue, and yellow. These colors cannot be created from the other colors on the wheel, but all the other colors can be created from a combination of these three. They can be hard to live with in their full intensity. A little goes a long way! But a lower intensity version can be calming. Think navy, which is a darker version of blue or cranberry, a darker version of red.

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