Two-color combinations design

How to combine colors

In part one of choosing colors, you learned how to pick a timeless color from scratch.

We even gave those handpicked colors names so you can reference them more easily to people you share them with.

If you didn’t read that issue, I recommend reading that first.

Today, I’ll show you how to combine your base color from part one, helping you to make better color decisions.

Even if you’re a self-proclaimed minimalist.

Think about colors from first principles

If you were to break down colors using first principles, the rainbow’s six colors—minus Newton’s Indigo—are the perfect place to start.

Color combination chart

The color wheel is based on the rainbow itself, and it shows us some very basic ways that colors can interact.

The three primary colors—red, yellow, and blue—combine to make three secondary colors—orange, green and purple.

Those six colors all combine to make six more colors, and every other color imaginable. Wild!

The colors in the color wheel are considered to be in their untouched, pure state. Meaning, they are fully 100% sa

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