![]() ![]() That's oversimplifying, since there are often many pigments/colors mixed together to make that brown or taupe wall paint, but to make a brown, complementary aka opposite colors are mixed together. When we were kids, our teachers showed us the color wheel to teach the various types of hues such as primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries (sometimes called, intermediaries or intermediates). That's because to make brown, colors that are opposite on the color wheel are mixed together, so these “undertones” of pink or yellow or green subtly (or alarmingly!) appear. The color wheel is one of the earliest formal exposures children have to color theory. (If you buy brown/beige/taupe wall paint, once it's on the wall you may notice the wall looks pinky in some lights. They're just two colors (hues) that are opposites: blue and orange, green and red, violet and yellow. ![]() So in color theory, complementary is different than harmony. It displays the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors and their respective hues, tints, and shades. If not mixed together but next to each other, near each other, layered on top of each other if paper, etc., they can make each other more vivid, pop. A Color Wheel is a visual tool used to organize colors based on their relationship to each other. (If they are made up of light, they will make white light/cancel each other out.) Complementary colors are opposites on a basic color wheel, and if mixed, will make mud.
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