Step Three - Understand the Color Wheel
The color wheel is a universal chart which shows how all colors are created from just three basic (primary) colors. Here's how it goes...
Primary Colors (inner circle) - Red, Yellow, and Blue
Secondary Colors (middle ring) - Orange, Green, and Purple
Secondary colors are made by mixing 2 primary colors together:
- Red + Yellow = Orange
- Red + Blue = Purple
- Blue + Yellow = Green
Tertiary Colors (outer ring)
Created by mixing primary and secondary colors together:
- Yellow + Orange = Orange/Yellow
- Yellow + Green = Yellow/Green (lime green)
- Blue + Green = Blue/Green
- Blue + Purple = Blue/Violet
- Red + Purple = Red/Violet
- Red + Orange = Red/Orange
Why is the hair color wheel so important?...
1) All hair color is comprised of different ratios of the primary colors (red, yellow, blue).
2) It clearly illustrates which colors neutralize which...find the primary color you want to tone away and look directly across the chart to the opposite secondary color.
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