Operation Manual

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Creating custom schemes from colour spreads
The Colour Scheme Designer lets you create eye-catching custom colour
schemes from colour spreads.
To start, you choose a base colour on which to build your scheme, then you
pick from a selection of colour spreads—grids of colours based on established
colour theory models. Each spread suggests different colour choices for your
scheme.
• Monochromatic (shown above) - derived from variations of lightness
and saturation on the chosen base colour.
• Complementary - derived from variations of the base colour and of
the colour that sits opposite it on the colour wheel.
• Triadic - derived from variations of three colours (one of which is the
base colour), spaced equally around the colour wheel.
• Tetradic - derived from variations of four colours, arranged around
the colour wheel in two complementary colour pairs.