1.The color wheel is a chart of colors of the visible spectrum that is used to show how colors relate to each other.

2. In1666, Sir Isaac Newtons experiments with light helped him begin his invention for the first color wheel when he passed a beam of sunlight through a prism. 3. The findings: All color is contained within white light. When light passes through a crystal prism, it is dispersed into the spectrums range of visible colors. 4. Newton was able to show the natural sequence of color by joining the two ends of the color spectrum together. 5. Themodern color wheel does not show the full gradation in the spectrum. It shows the whole thing broken up into 12 segments. 6. INFINITE COLORS Inreality, the segments actually smear into one another so we have an infinite number of colors. 7. Somecolor wheels show the progression across the middle to a complete neutral in the middle. 8. The color wheel is made up of three PRIMARY colors, three SECONDARY colors, and six TERTIARY colors. 9. You CANNOT make the three primary colors! You MUST buy them. 10. You make the secondary colors by mixing two of the primary colors together. 11. Whatprimary colors do you mix to make orange? Whatprimary colors do you mix to make green? Whatprimary colors do you mix to make violet? 12. Tertiary colors are created by combining equal parts of the primary and secondary colors that are closest to their sides. 13. Itis important to note that the primary color name comes first in the tertiary name. Red-violet Red-orange Yellow-green Yellow-orange Blue-violet Blue-green 14. Youcan mix any color of the rainbow by mixing with the three primary colors! 15. Color + White= TINT 16. Color + Black= SHADE 17. Color + gray= TONE 18. Reds, oranges and yellows are considered warm colors. Blues, greens, and violets are considered cool colors. 19. Warmcolors are vivid and energetic, and tend to advance in space. 20. Coolcolors give an impression of calm, and create a soothing impression. Cool colors tend to retreat/recede in space. 21. Colorsopposite of each other on the color wheel. 22. Thesplit-complementary color scheme is a variation of the complementary color scheme. In addition to the base color, it uses the two colors adjacent to its complement. 23. Theseare colors next to each other on the color wheel. They usually create harmonious combinations. 24. Atriadic color scheme uses colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel. 25. Amonochromatic scheme involves one color mixed with a variety of tints, shades, and tones.