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  2. Complementary colors - Wikipedia

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    The traditional color wheel model dates to the 18th century and is still used by many artists today. This model designates red, yellow and blue as primary colors with the primary–secondary complementary pairs of red–green, blue-orange, and yellow–purple.

  3. Chromostereopsis - Wikipedia

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    Blue–red contrast demonstrating depth perception effects 3 Layers of depths "Rivers, Valleys & Mountains". Chromostereopsis is a visual illusion whereby the impression of depth is conveyed in two-dimensional color images, usually of red–blue or red–green colors, but can also be perceived with red–grey or blue–grey images.

  4. Color theory - Wikipedia

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    Color theory, or more specifically traditional color theory, is a historical body of knowledge describing the behavior of colors, namely in color mixing, color contrast effects, color harmony, color schemes and color symbolism. [1] Modern color theory is generally referred to as color science.

  5. List of colors by shade - Wikipedia

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    Magenta is variously defined as a purplish-red, reddish-purple, or a mauvish–crimson color. On color wheels of the RGB and CMY color models, it is located midway between red and blue, opposite green. Complements of magenta are evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 500–530 nm.

  6. Opponent process - Wikipedia

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    When complementary colors are combined or mixed, they "cancel each other out" and become neutral (white or gray). That is, complementary colors are never perceived as a mixture; there is no "greenish red" or "yellowish blue", despite claims to the contrary. The strongest color contrast a color can have is its complementary color.

  7. Here are 5 ways to create color and textural contrast in your ...

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    Anthocyanin pigments give leaves their red and purple colors in the fall. Photo taken Oct. 24, 2019 in downtown Staunton. Burgundy/red pigments in plant leaves come from a class of compounds ...

  8. Violet (color) - Wikipedia

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    In common usage, both terms are used to refer to a variety of colors between blue and red in hue. [7] [8] [9] Historically, violet has tended to be used for bluer hues and purple for redder hues. [7] [18] [19] In the traditional color wheel used by painters, violet and purple are both placed between red and blue, with violet being closer to ...

  9. Secondary color - Wikipedia

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    A RYB color wheel with tertiary colors described under the modern definition. RYB is a subtractive mixing color model, used to estimate the mixing of pigments (e.g. paint) in traditional color theory, with primary colors red, yellow, and blue. The secondary colors are green, purple, and orange as demonstrated here: