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Complex Color Schemes
TRIADIC COLOR SCHEME
The triadic color scheme uses three colors equally spaced around the color wheel. This scheme offers strong visual contrast while retaining balance, and color richness. The triadic scheme is not as contrasting as the complementary and has a more balanced and harmonious effect.
The tetradic (double complementary) scheme is the richest of all the schemes because it uses four colors arranged into two complementary color pairs. This scheme is hard to harmonize. If all four colors are used in equal amounts, the scheme may look unbalanced, so you should choose one color to be dominant while the others are used to accent.
SCHEMES FROM NATURE
Combinations of colors found in nature often work well as color schemes even if they don't fit specific patterns discussed above; examples of these schemes include "autumn colors" and "spring colors"
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