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Triadiccolorscheme
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Atriadisacolorscheme,aspecialvariantofthesplitcomplementarycolor
scheme,withtheequaldistancebetweenallcolors.Allthreecolorsare
distributedevenlyaroundthecolorwheel,causingthereisnocleardominanceof
onecolor.Theschemeisalwaysvibrantandcolorful,designersshoulduseitand
balanceverycarefullytomaintanthedesiredeffectsandcolormeaning.

Examples
Anysetofshadesofallthreecolorscouldbeusedwithatriad,butthestrongest
effectandmostvibrantpalettesareproducedwithbold,saturatedshades.

Atypicaltriad3strongcolorsevenlyaroundthecolorwheel
Variousshadeswithinatriad
Palettonusage colorscheme,andtheirmutual
contrast.
WithinthePalettonapplicationusetheTriade(3color)option(withouta
complementarycolor),tocreatesplitcontrastschemes.Setthedistancefromthebasecolorcomplementby
draggingoneofthosetwosupplementcolor,orbyclickingtheanglegadgetandenteringthevaluemanually.The
desiredvaluetogetatriadis60.

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