But there’s another colorful tool you should be consulting before choosing a paint palette—and it’s one you may not have used since elementary school. The color wheel is an incredibly ...

On the color wheel, analogous colors are neighbors, sitting right next to each other. Think of red and orange, yellow and green, or blue and purple.

To pick colors easily discernible from each other, whether in color or converted to grayscale, spiral through the color wheel while varying the lightness (Fig. 2). We can achieve wide dynamic ...

This merrily maximalist abode summons every hue under the sun.