color wheel
noun
: a circular diagram of the spectrum used to show the relationships between the colors
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Now there’s a woman who knows her color wheel!
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2025
Paul Hollywood was presumably in his dressing room, putting on a crisp oxford shirt in a shade of blue meant to make his eyes pop—a vivid cerulean, a chilly Arctic sky, or, occasionally, a fuller, velvety navy just across the color wheel from his tan.
—Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
This means that instead of a single beam paired with a color wheel, red, green and blue colors each get their own laser light that combine to output the visuals.
—Paul Ridden
july 24, New Atlas, 24 July 2025
Because purple is opposite yellow on the color wheel, that kind of shampoo cancels out unwanted yellow or brassy tones.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2025
Paul Hollywood was presumably in his dressing room, putting on a crisp oxford shirt in a shade of blue meant to make his eyes pop—a vivid cerulean, a chilly Arctic sky, or, occasionally, a fuller, velvety navy just across the color wheel from his tan.
—Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
This means that instead of a single beam paired with a color wheel, red, green and blue colors each get their own laser light that combine to output the visuals.
—Paul Ridden
july 24, New Atlas, 24 July 2025
Because purple is opposite yellow on the color wheel, that kind of shampoo cancels out unwanted yellow or brassy tones.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
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“Color wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color%20wheel. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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