Color in 60 Seconds: Analogous Colors

Name: Color in 60 Seconds: Analogous Colors
Uploaded: 2016-07-18
Description: Analogous colors sit next to one another on the color wheel. Learn more about them in sixty seconds!

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Adi Purdila Last updated Jul 19, 2016

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Analogous colors sit next to one another on the color wheel. Learn more about them in sixty seconds!

Analogous Colors

Analogous colors sit next to each other on the color wheel. Take a look at the tools on color.adobe.com and play with some analogous schemes by dragging the slider round the wheel.

For web design I’d recommend you use a maximum of three colors, otherwise you risk over-complicating your composition.

Note: analogous colors lack contrast, so the scheme you’ll be creating won’t be as vibrant as a complementary one.

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Learn more about color on Envato Tuts+

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Adi Purdila

Adi Purdila is a web design instructor for Tuts+. With over 100 courses and 200 tutorials published to date, Adi's goal is to help students become better web designers and developers by creating content that’s easy to follow and offers great value. Being self-taught himself, Adi strongly believes that constant learning (academic or otherwise) is the only way to move forward and achieve your goals. When not typing away at his keyboard, he loves woodworking and caring for his ever-growing family of rescue pets. You can stay up to date with what he's doing by following him on social media or visiting his website at adipurdila.com.

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