The document serves as a guide for choosing color combinations in design, emphasizing the importance of understanding the color wheel. It discusses various color schemes including monochromatic, complementary, analogous, and triadic, highlighting their aesthetic qualities. The author encourages creativity in creating pleasing combinations while cautioning against overly gaudy pairings.

1. Guide to Choosing

2. Choosing the color combination is
among the most important parts of
the design making process.

3. Understanding the Color Wheel

4. To be able to create aesthetically pleasing
color combinations, you have to know the
color wheel first.

5. Monochromatic color scheme

6. It makes use of one color of different shades.
For example, you use the following color
combination for a web site:

7. Complementary color scheme

8. Combining colors that are located opposite
each other in the color wheel.
Some combinations may look too gaudy–
stay away from that.

9. Analogous color scheme

10. The analogous color scheme combines
colors next to each other on the color wheel.
Analogous color schemes are easy to work
with and they always look great.

11. Triadic color scheme

12. Triadic color schemes take three colors that
are equally apart on the color wheel. This
type of color combination is aesthetically
pleasing and well balanced.

13. By knowing the basics of the color wheel and
combinations, you can create thousands of
aesthetically pleasing color combinations.

14. Good luck in choosing the best
color combinations. Please share
your thoughts in the comments!