
8 Color Harmony Compendium
The Color Wheel
The twelve segments of the color
wheel consist of primary, secondary, and
tertiary hues and their specific tints and
shades. With red at the top, the color
wheel identifies the three primary hues of
red, yellow, and blue. These three primary
colors form an equilateral triangle within
the circle. The three secondary hues of
orange, violet, and green are located
between each primary hue and form
another triangle. Red-orange, yellow-
orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-
violet, and red-violet are the six tertiary
hues. They result from the combination
of a primary and a secondary hue.
Constructed in an orderly ...