Color Wheel

Instantly create harmonious color palettes with our color wheel. Select a base color and combination to generate a beautiful color scheme backed by color theory.

No subscriptions, fees or signups required!

A user-friendly tool with no learning curve.

Browse millions of colors and combinations.

Simple

Stress-free designingQuickly put together cohesive color palettes

Looking to create an art activity? Or maybe put together a colorful presentation? It’s easy with our Color Wheel! You can quickly find colors that complement each other—all on your browser. There’s no need to learn color theory or learn any fancy software.

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Impactful

Instantly capture attentionEasily make vibrant presentations for your students

To make your content “pop”, use our Color Wheel to get color combo suggestions. Colorful slides are more visually interesting to students and can help them learn concepts easier. For example, you can highlight important terms or differentiate big concepts with a couple bold colors.

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How to use the Color Wheel

Choose a base color

Select a base color on the rainbow color wheel, then adjust the brightness using the outer ring.

Select a color combination

Choose a color combination type using the dropdown menu (the default combination is ”Analogous”). Check out the FAQ section to determine which one will be best for you!

Review and export

Once you’ve chosen a color scheme, you can download it by clicking on the “Export” button, or by copying and pasting the hex codes into your text editor or design tool.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Is your Color Wheel free to use?

    Yes, it is! You can use it as often as you want for your class materials.

  • Why do I need to use a color wheel?

    Our Color Wheel can help you create cohesive, professional looking visuals for the classroom. It suggests color combos that will look great on your lesson materials!

  • What do these color combinations mean?

    Complementary: Colors that create contrast with each other. Opposite sides of the color wheel (ex. red and green).

    Monochromatic: Colors that are harmonious with each other. Different shades or tints of the same color. (ex. light pink, pink, dark pink).

    Analogous: Colors that have a blended effect when next to each other. They are close together on the color wheel. (ex. Blue, blueish-green, green).

    Triadic: Colors that create a vibrant, varied color scheme. Evenly spaced on color wheel (ex. Red, yellow, blue)

    Tetradic: A balance of warm & cool colors that create a rich color palette. Four colors total, two pairs of complementary colors (ex. purple & yellow, blue & orange)