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Dualcolorscheme
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Dualisacolorschemeusingtwosetsofbasecolorandtheircomplements.Both
basecolorsareequivalent,cannotbedecidedwhichoneshouldbethemaincolor
(thoughadesignercouldchooseone).Lessdistancebetweentwobasecolors
causeslesstensionintheresult.However,thisschemeisalwaysmore"nervous
andactionthanotherschemes.Whileworkingwithit,wehavetotakecare
especiallyofrelationsbetweenonecolorandthecomplementofitsadjacent
color.

Aspecialvariantotthedualschemeisthetetradthefoursomeofcolorsevenly
distributedonthefourthsofthecolorwheel(by90degreees).Thetetradisvery
aggressivecolorscheme,requiringverygoodplanningandverysensitive
approachtorelationsofthesecolors.

Examples
Wecanusethedualschemeforcalmerpaletteswithveryclosebasecolors,as
wellaslesscalmpalettesusingbiggerdistance.

Variousshadeswithinadual
colorscheme,andtheirmutual
contrast.

Example1:Vibrantdualpalette

Example2:Calmdualpaletteusingsmalldistanceandlowercontrast

Example3:Theextreme:atetrad(all4colorsevenlyaroundthe
colorwheel)

Palettonusage
WithinthePalettonapplicationusetheTetrad(4color)optiontocreatedualschemes.Setthedistancefromthe
basecolorcomplementbydraggingoneofthosetwosupplementcolor,orbyclickingtheanglegadgetand
enteringthevaluemanually.Thelessthevalueis,thecloserthebasecolorsandtheicomplementsare,andtheless
tensionisthere.Thebestvaluesaretypicallybetween1545.Thedistanceof90makesthetetrad.
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