Formerly with Owensboro Health Medical Group, Peter Gregor, MD, continues to function as a Kentucky cardiologist. Beyond dispatching his duties as a cardiologist, Peter Gregor, MD, enjoys painting and has experience using watercolors, water-soluble oils, and acrylic paints.
A basic color wheel has 12 colors that show artists and designers which colors work well together. The first three colors on every color wheel are the primary colors: red, yellow, and blue. These colors, when mixed together, can create every other color found on the wheel. They are considered to be the wheel’s most powerful colors.
Between each of these colors are the secondary colors: orange, green, and violet. Whereas orange is the result of red and yellow, green is produced by mixing yellow and blue and violet is produced by mixing red and blue.
When these secondary colors are mixed with the primary colors, they create six tertiary colors. For example, red-orange is created by mixing red with orange, and red-violet is produced by mixing red with violet. Tertiary colors are more common in nature than primary and secondary colors.
Artists can pair these colors in various ways depending on what they are trying to achieve. Complementary colors are those that are located directly across from one another on the color wheel. To imbue a pairing with a more subtle appearance, artists can instead use colors that are next to a complementary color. For example, yellow and blue-violet can be used rather than yellow and violet. This type of pairing is referred to as split complementary colors.
There are also analogous and triad colors. Analogous colors refer to colors that are next to the main color. When yellow is the main color, the analogous colors are yellow-orange and yellow-green. Analogous colors are harmonious with one another. Meanwhile, triad colors are colors that have three colors between them. For example, violet, green, and orange are triad colors.
