How to Use color wheel in a Sentence

color wheel

noun
  • Now the color wheel of time has turned again.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Now there’s a woman who knows her color wheel!
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Choose from an endless color wheel of cool or warm tints to set the mood.
    — Vanessa Powell, ELLE, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Don’t look for it on the color wheel, fashion catwalks or in the prog rock songbook.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • These days, there’s no clear bellwether–just a color wheel spinning into brown.
    — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Use the color wheel to find a complementary color for your home.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Using a simple color wheel and just a few shades, your cake can be topped with a rainbow of icing.
    — Annemarie Dooling, USA TODAY, 29 Feb. 2024
  • All are notably on the cool side of the color wheel, with several being blue-green blends.
    — Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2018
  • The color that sits across from blue on the color wheel, orange, is its true complement.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 27 June 2023
  • This scheme involves three hues, all of which are positioned next to each other on the color wheel.
    — Lucia Tonelli, ELLE Decor, 10 June 2019
  • The nuances are detailed in long blog posts filled with pictures of color wheels and terms such as chroma.
    — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • At first glance and maybe first guess, since red and green were taken, a simple step across the color wheel would lead straight to blue.
    — Sophie Liza Cannon, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Purple cancels out yellow and orange tones on the color wheel.
    — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2022
  • So, once more, Drizzy cycles through the tower’s color wheel of emotions.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
  • So Haller's first instruction isn't to consult a color wheel.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 30 June 2026
  • Ask guests to dress in their most playful and punchy outfits and serve lively cocktails and snacks that span the color wheel.
    — Sunset Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Green lives opposite from red on the color wheel, so the former cancels out the latter.
    — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2018
  • This could range from a bright white to a hue from the opposite side of the color wheel for maximum impact.
    — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The lively interiors draw their hues from the warm portion of the color wheel.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The trendy spin on terra-cotta couples well with bright blue, its opposite on the color wheel.
    — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2023
  • If olive green and chocolate brown have become part of the sartorial color wheel, why can't pink?
    — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Navy Blue Navy blue is arguably one of the most versatile shades on the color wheel.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2025
  • This week, celebrities embraced the brighter side of the color wheel and leaned into monochromatic styling.
    — Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 3 Dec. 2021
  • What are the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors on a color wheel?
    — Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Considering the color wheel can be helpful here.
    — Mary Grace Granados special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • His cinephile’s conscience tips him off to the violent color wheel of flaws inherent to the human race.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
  • But not every couple with a hammer and a paint color wheel is guaranteed to make a home show as polished as a fresh flip.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2020
  • By looking at the color wheel, that would mean combining blue and orange will give you brown, as will purple and yellow.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Participants in these sessions will learn the color wheel and work on 3D projects.
    — Greg Burnett, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Jewel tones, like rich blues, emerald greens, and purples, pair well with colors opposite of them on the color wheel.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Apr. 2026

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