How to Use color wheel in a Sentence

color wheel

noun
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  • Experiment with color wheels: Use color wheel tools to explore complementary, analogous and triadic color schemes.
    — Sowmya Moni, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Choose from an endless color wheel of cool or warm tints to set the mood.
    — Vanessa Powell, ELLE, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Have your child make a color wheel with markers or crayons.
    — Ruth A. Musgrave, National Geographic, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Clemens and his eponymous brand's totes cost no more than $300 and come in three sizes and nearly every shade on the color wheel.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 30 July 2022
  • All are notably on the cool side of the color wheel, with several being blue-green blends.
    — Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2018
  • Ask guests to dress in their most playful and punchy outfits and serve lively cocktails and snacks that span the color wheel.
    — Sunset Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The color that sits across from blue on the color wheel, orange, is its true complement.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 27 June 2023
  • The lively interiors draw their hues from the warm portion of the color wheel.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Pushing the color wheel to the limit, Hadid slipped on a pair of can’t-miss-them fuchsia sneakers.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2021
  • This scheme involves three hues, all of which are positioned next to each other on the color wheel.
    — Lucia Tonelli, ELLE Decor, 10 June 2019
  • Using a simple color wheel and just a few shades, your cake can be topped with a rainbow of icing.
    — Annemarie Dooling, USA TODAY, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The closeness of blue and green on the color wheel and their blending mirrors the film’s questions of truth or lies and love or utility.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Green lives opposite from red on the color wheel, so the former cancels out the latter.
    — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2018
  • On the color wheel, blaze orange is opposite azure and therefore pops out against blues and greens.
    — WSJ, 29 Nov. 2023
  • This week, celebrities embraced the brighter side of the color wheel and leaned into monochromatic styling.
    — Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Use the color wheel to find a complementary color for your home.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Participants in these sessions will learn the color wheel and work on 3D projects.
    — Greg Burnett, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Meet the Neighbors Pick three analogous hues that sit next to one another on the color wheel for a soothing scheme that is easy on the eyes.
    — Mike Irvine, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • His cinephile’s conscience tips him off to the violent color wheel of flaws inherent to the human race.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The athletic track at the Stade de France in Paris boasts a purple hue that is a few spokes of the color wheel away from the rusty or brick red tracks used in previous Games.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 July 2024
  • The trendy spin on terra-cotta couples well with bright blue, its opposite on the color wheel.
    — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2023
  • If olive green and chocolate brown have become part of the sartorial color wheel, why can't pink?
    — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 30 Mar. 2018
  • And now, with this new choice on the opposite side of the color wheel, the experts of Sherwin-Williams are leaning on influences from the Roaring 1920s.
    — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2019
  • The living room, office loft, and foyer—including the front door—divert from the heart of the color wheel to less common jewel tones of teal and turquoise.
    — Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2021
  • Purple cancels out yellow and orange tones on the color wheel.
    — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2022
  • Among the most striking combinations are two hues 180 degrees apart on the color wheel.
    — Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2020
  • To tiptoe up to but never cross the line between eclectic and crazy, McClain referred back to the color wheel for guidance.
    — Lucia Tonelli, ELLE Decor, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Ladies stateside know to steer clear of a few variants on the color wheel when selecting a dress for a wedding: white, ivory, or any shade in between.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 19 May 2018
  • But not every couple with a hammer and a paint color wheel is guaranteed to make a home show as polished as a fresh flip.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2020
  • By looking at the color wheel, that would mean combining blue and orange will give you brown, as will purple and yellow.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2022

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