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Analogouscolorscheme
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Analogous(oradjacentcolors)isacolorschemeusingonebasecolorandtwo
secondarycolorsplacedsymetricallyarounditonthecolorwheel.Thebasecolor
ismain,whilethesecondarycolorsshouldbeusedonlyforhighlightsand
accents.Italwayslooksveryelegantandclear.Thereisnotensioninthepalette,
andtypicallyitsuniformlyallwarm,orallcold.Ifabasecoloronthewarmcold
borderischosen,thecolorwithoppositetemperaturemaybeusedforaccenting
theothertwocolors.

Optionally,wemayusealsothecomplementwiththisscheme,asaAnalogous
colorscheme(accented)variant.

Examples
Wecanusetheanalogousschemeforpaletteswithveryclose,alikesecondary
colors,aswellasthosewithmoredistincthues.

Variousshadeswithinan
analogouscolorscheme,and
theirmutualcontrast.
Example1:Warmadjacentcolorssmalldistance,morealikecolors

Example2:Warmadjacentcolorsbiggerdistance,colorsstartingto
looseconnection

Example3:Cold,paleadjacentcolors

Palettonusage
WithinthePalettonapplication,usetheAdjacentcolors(3color)option(withoutacomplementarycolor),to
createanalogousschemes.Setthedistancefromthebasecolorbydraggingoneofthosetwosupplementcolor,or
byclickingtheanglegadgetandenteringthevaluemanually.Thelessthevalueis,thecloserthecolorsaretothe

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basecolor,andaremoresimilar.Thebestvaluesaretypicallybetween1530.Valueshigherthan45produce
toomuchdifferent,disconnectedcolorandtheyarenotrecommended.

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