Triad Color Scheme Generator - Color Designer

How Do I Use The Triad Color Scheme Generator?

Create a color scheme quickly using the color scheme generator.
Start by choosing color for your palette using the color picker or clicking the generate button to find new triadic colors.

What Colors Are Triad?

Triadic colors are selected from a color wheel using an equilateral triangle approach to determine the right opposing colors. One primary color, one secondary color, and one tertiary (or intermediate) color typically comprise triadic color schemes.
Three evenly spaced hues on the color wheel are called triads.
By incorporating light or unsaturated shades of your hues, triadic color harmonies tends to have a positive quality.

Successful triadic harmony requires careful color balancing; one color should take center stage, with the other two serving as accents.

Triadic Color Combinations On Your Basic Color Wheel

1. Red, Yellow, Blue
2. Red-orange, Yellow-green, Blue-violet
3. Green, Purple, and Orange
4. Red-violet, Yellow, and Blue-green
5. Blue-violet, Yellow-green, and Red-orange
6. Orange, Green, Violet
7. Yellow-orange, Blue-green, Red-violet

Choose the right colors for your palette

Creating color palettes can be hard. Designers spend a lot of time trying to create cohesion between the various colors on the rainbow.

Color picker match colors related to your existing composition; leads to color scheme ideas; and generate color shades, tones and tints values.

One big piece to the puzzle is color theory. Beyond the understanding of color theory you also need to understand how to choose the right colors for your palette.

Understanding color is the first step to applying it successfully in your design. Color theory is a complex subject that analyzes how different hues/shades interact with one another. However a few basic tips can lead to finding that perfect palette.

• Analogous palettes use colors that are close to each other on the color wheel.
• Complementary palettes are created with colors that sit opposite each other on the wheel in order to offer a sense of balance.
• The triadic method consists of three main colors equally spaced on the wheel, which makes for a diverse palette.
• A monochromatic color scheme is one in which all of the tints and hues in the image are derived from a single color tint. Changes to the base color's saturation and/or brightness can alter the shade of the color.
• Four hues properly spread out around the color wheel are known as square colors.