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Definition of Color circle
1. Noun. A chart in which complementary colors (or their names) are arranged on opposite sides of a circle.
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Literary usage of Color circle
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1. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"color circle The center of the circle represents white. ... The color circle is
given in Fig. 23. Four, or better nine, color names are used to indicate ..."
2. The Theory and Practice of Color by Bonnie E. Snow, Hugo B. Froehlich (1920)
"These are the proportions that were used in making the half- intense tones in
the color circle above. Chart VIII shows on its outer row of circles all the ..."
3. Costume Design and Illustrationby Ethel Traphagen by Ethel Traphagen (1918)
"Blue and yellow make green, the complement of red, and directly opposite red on
the color circle. Yellow and red make orange, the complement of blue, ..."
4. Outlines of Psychology by Wilhelm Max Wundt (1897)
"The color-circle is a representation of the system of color-tones abstracted from
all the other attributes belonging to the sensations. ..."
5. The Language of Color by Matthew Luckiesh (1918)
"This has been called the color- circle and has formed the basis of many discussions
of color-harmony. It is seen that any small portion of the circumference ..."
6. Photometric Researches by Charles Sanders Peirce (1878)
"Moreover, the color-circle was only graduated to every 5° and an alteration of
... Another important reason for not using the color-circle in measures of ..."
7. Psychology: A Study of Mental Life by Robert Sessions Woodworth (1921)
"His color circle reduces to a straight line with yellow at one end and blue at
the other. Instead of the color circle, he has a double saturation series, ..."
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