Colour pairings

What colour goes with what?

The right matches, colour by colour — the dominant, the secondary and the accent that hold together.

The colour wheel

Find the right accord

Pick your colour, then the harmony. The wheel places the markers correctly, following colour-wheel theory (the painter’s wheel: green’s complement is red, not purple).

Your colour
Colours from the guide
or a precise code
The harmony

Two colours opposite on the wheel. Strong contrast: one dominates, the other accents.

E.g. green & red, blue & orange, yellow & violet.

60/30/10 reminder: always keep a single dominant, even in a triad. The other colours as secondary and accent.

RedOrangeYellowGreenBlueViolet

Click the wheel to spin your hue.