12 Colors on the Color Wheel
Use this Color Wheel page as a resource to find my blog posts about the 12 colors on the color wheel and their color schemes.
The 12 color choices are based on Stephen Quiller’s “Quiller Color Wheel (affiliate link)” and his book “Color Choices: Making Color Sense Out of Color Theory (affiliate link).”
Follow the links below to learn the Complementary, Split-Complementary, Analogous and Triadic color schemes and use color mastery for creating captivating paintings in watercolor:
Primary Colors
Aureolin – YELLOW
Winsor Blue – BLUE
Alizarin Crimson – RED
Secondary Colors
Viridian – GREEN
Permanent Mauve – VIOLET
Cadmium Scarlet – ORANGE
Intermediate (Tertiary) Colors
Permanent Green Light or Winsor Green (Yellow Shade) – YELLOW-GREEN
Manganese Blue Hue – BLUE-GREEN
Ultramarine Violet – BLUE-VIOLET
Winsor Violet – RED-VIOLET
Cadmium Red Deep – RED-ORANGE
Cadmium Orange – YELLOW-ORANGE