color wheel
noun
: a circular diagram of the spectrum used to show the relationships between the colors
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Because purple is opposite yellow on the color wheel, that kind of shampoo cancels out unwanted yellow or brassy tones.
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
Purple is the opposite of yellow in the color wheel, and that’s why the purple pigments cancel out the brassy, yellow tones.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
To do so, identify what color family your cabinets fall into, then look at the color wheel to find hues that work with it.
—Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2025
And rightly or wrongly, my mother also taught me the color wheel before kindergarten.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
Purple is the opposite of yellow in the color wheel, and that’s why the purple pigments cancel out the brassy, yellow tones.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
To do so, identify what color family your cabinets fall into, then look at the color wheel to find hues that work with it.
—Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2025
And rightly or wrongly, my mother also taught me the color wheel before kindergarten.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for color wheel
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“Color wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color%20wheel. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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