This document discusses color theory and the color wheel. It examines "near complement" color pairs on the wheel and shows how they can be used together in a spectral gradation. Examples are given of the original near complements and how those hues have been further modified through toning, tinting, and shading to create additional color combinations.

1. Color Unity

42. Hue – the color wheel.

45. All of the “near complement”Pairs.

46. At top left:Original “near complements”Left: spectral gradation between the twoMiddle and right:Hues that have been chosen from the gradient and toned/tinted/shaded.