ANALOGOUS COLORS






BLUE
BLUE-VIOLET
VIOLET

 

ANALOGOUS COLORS
are colors that are closely related to each other.  They usually share 1 color in common.  Analogous colors are found next to one another on the color wheel.

The example to the left shows colors that all are made with the color blue.
 


yellow
yellow-orange
orange-yellow
orange
red-orange
red


 




Analogous Colors belong to 2 families of colors:
THE WARM COLOR FAMILY
and
THE COOL COLOR FAMILY

 

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