color wheel

noun

: a circular diagram of the spectrum used to show the relationships between the colors

Examples of color wheel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Others in the comments maintained that the saber was actually orange (wielding color wheels to make their points), and more modern Star Wars entries see the benevolent Jedi using such sabers. —Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 May 2025

Swarovski's new pin, inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals initiative, features the SDG color wheel and Swarovski ReCreated Crystals, the brand’s most sustainable crystals to date, mounted on a recycled metal base. —Michelle Lee, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for color wheel

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