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Complementary Colors Red and green are opposite each other on the wheel, so they are complementary colors. Though they remind most people of Christmas, that needn't always be the case. This distressed chair and amazing tile wall certainly don't say "holiday" thanks to their complementary colors. Orange and blue also are at opposite points. In using them, you'll have an instant complementary color scheme.
Split Complements An interesting variation of the triad is the split complement. Put simply, a split complement takes a position on the color wheel, in this case green. Directly opposite green on the wheel is red. But if we veer to the right and to the left of green we get orange and purple. Green, orange and purple are a split complement.
Purple, yellow and orange make another split complement, which is the basis of this room's color scheme. It's important not to get too hung up on the letter of these design rules; it's better to think of them as guidelines. Good design starts with the basics like the color wheel, then plays around from there. In the photo above, what started as a split complement veered off into something else when the designer added red above the fireplace. The red draws attention to the architecture above the fireplace, and it works perfectly.
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