colorwheel
nounUK /ˈkʌlə wiːl/
US /ˈkʌlər wiːl/
A color wheel is a round picture that shows colors arranged in a circle.
The art teacher showed us how to mix paints by looking at the color wheel.
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2. A tool used by artists and designers to choose colors that look good together.
She used a color wheel to pick a matching palette for her poster.
3. A spinning disk with colored sections that appears white or blends colors when rotated quickly.
The science fair project used a color wheel to show how spinning colors mix.
4. A circular diagram in color theory showing relationships between primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.
In design class, we studied the color wheel to understand complementary pairs.