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    The Ultimate Color Combinations Cheat Sheet

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    Finding acorrect color combination isone ofthe most important steps indesigning astylish
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    Scheme 1: Acomplementary combination


    Complementary (also known assupplementary orcontrasting) colors are colors that sit
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    Scheme 2: The triad acombination ofthree colors


    ATriad isacombination of3colors that are equidistant from each other onthe color circle.
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    Scheme 3: Ananalogous combination

    This isacombination of2to5 (ideally 2to3) colors that are ajacent toeach other onthe
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    Scheme 4: The split complementary combination


    Avariation onthe complementary color combination. Inthis case, you take one primary
    color and two complementary ones (the colors that lie onboth sides ofthe primary colors
    antipode onthe color circle). The effect created bysuch ascheme isjust ascontrasting
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    Scheme 5: The tetrad acombination offour colors


    This isascheme that includes one primary and two complementary colors, plus
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    Scheme 6: The square


    Acombination of4colors that are equidistant from each other onthe color circle. Inthis
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    Combinations ofindividual colours


    White: combines with everything, especially blue, red and black.
    Beige: combines with blue, brown, emerald, black, red, white.
    Gray: combines with fuchsia, red, violet, pink, blue.
    Pink: combines with brown, white, mint green, olive, gray, turquoise, light blue.
    Fuchsia (dark pink): combines with gray, yellow-brown, lime, mint green, brown.
    Red: combines with yellow, white, fulvous, green, blue, black.
    Tomato-red: combines with cyan, mint green, sand, creamy-white, gray.
    Cherry-red: combines with azure, gray, light-orange, sandy, pale-yellow, beige.
    Raspberry-red: combines with white, black, damask rose.
    Brown: combines with bright-cyan, cream, pink, fawn, green, beige.
    Light-brown: combines with pale-yellow, cream-white, blue, green, purple, red.
    Dark-brown: combines with lime-yellow, cyan, mint green, purple-pink, lime.
    Reddish-brown: combines with pink, dark-brown, blue, green, purple.
    Orange: combines with cyan, blue, lilac, violet, white, black.
    Light-orange: combines with gray, brown, olive.

    Dark-orange: combines with pale-yellow, olive, brown, cherry.


    Yellow: combines with blue, lilac, light-cyan, violet, gray, black.
    Lemon-yellow: combines with cherry-red, brown, blue, gray.
    Pale-yellow: combines with fuchsia, gray, brown, shades ofred, yellowish brown, blue,
    purple.
    Golden yellow: combines with gray, brown, azure, red, black.
    Olive: combines with orange, light-brown, brown.
    Green: combines with golden-brown, orange, salad green, yellow, brown, gray, cream,
    black, creamy-white.
    Salad green: combines with brown, yellowish-brown, fawn, gray, dark-blue, red, gray.
    Turquoise: combines with fuchsia, cherry-red, yellow, brown, cream, dark-violet.
    Electric colors: combines with golden-yellow, brown, light brown, gray, orsilver.
    Cyan: combines with red, gray, brown, orange, pink, white, yellow.
    Dark-blue: combines with light-lilac, cyan, yellowish-green, brown, gray, pale-yellow,
    orange, green, red, white.
    Lilac: combines with orange, pink, dark-violet, olive, gray, yellow, white.

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    Dark-violet: combines with golden-brown, pale-yellow, gray, turquoise, mint green,


    light-orange.
    Black isauniversal colour itlooks elegant inany combination, especially with
    orange, pink, salad green, white, red, mauvish, oryellow.
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    Sharma Gauri Works at PEARL ACADEMY


    Amazing and insightful... Thank you!
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    3 Aug 10, 2016 11:56am

    Raj Pandat Manager at Self-Employed


    MST welcome
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    1 Sep 3, 2016 9:49am

    Lynda Swonger Applegate Wellness Advocate at DoTERRA International


    WOW!
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    1 Aug 15, 2016 9:00am

    Raj Pandat Manager at Self-Employed


    Thanx
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    1 Sep 3, 2016 9:49am

    Tracey Edwards
    Color selection is probably the most challenging area and cause of creative block I come up
    against. You've managed to help 'demystify' this crucial design element and ease the block
    I've allowed to defeat me into giving up before I even get started. Thank you so very much.
    God bless!
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    4 Sep 9, 2016 12:33pm

    Jessica Roldan Detroit, Michigan


    This is excellent!
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