Definition of Color circle

1. Noun. A chart in which complementary colors (or their names) are arranged on opposite sides of a circle.

Exact synonyms: Color Wheel
Generic synonyms: Color Chart

Lexicographical Neighbors of Color Circle

color-blindness
color-coordinated
color-octet
color TV
color TV tube
color bar
color bars
color bearer
color blind
color blindness
color by number
color by numbers
color charge
color charges
color chart
color circle (current term)
color code
color commentator
color commentators
color constancy
color coordinate
color coordinated
color coordinates
color coordinating
color fade
color force
color forces
color guard
color in
color line

Literary usage of Color circle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"color circle The center of the circle represents white. ... The color circle is given in Fig. 23. Four, or better nine, color names are used to indicate ..."

2. The Theory and Practice of Color by Bonnie E. Snow, Hugo B. Froehlich (1920)
"These are the proportions that were used in making the half- intense tones in the color circle above. Chart VIII shows on its outer row of circles all the ..."

3. Costume Design and Illustrationby Ethel Traphagen by Ethel Traphagen (1918)
"Blue and yellow make green, the complement of red, and directly opposite red on the color circle. Yellow and red make orange, the complement of blue, ..."

4. Outlines of Psychology by Wilhelm Max Wundt (1897)
"The color-circle is a representation of the system of color-tones abstracted from all the other attributes belonging to the sensations. ..."

5. The Language of Color by Matthew Luckiesh (1918)
"This has been called the color- circle and has formed the basis of many discussions of color-harmony. It is seen that any small portion of the circumference ..."

6. Photometric Researches by Charles Sanders Peirce (1878)
"Moreover, the color-circle was only graduated to every 5° and an alteration of ... Another important reason for not using the color-circle in measures of ..."

7. Psychology: A Study of Mental Life by Robert Sessions Woodworth (1921)
"His color circle reduces to a straight line with yellow at one end and blue at the other. Instead of the color circle, he has a double saturation series, ..."

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