Colour Harmonies

There are many ways that colours can compliment and work with each other, each one has a different 

name and rule that it follows. 

Complementary

Complementary colour schemes are two colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel. They give a lot of contrast but work well together in most circumstances, if the saturation of the colours are at their fullest.

Here complementary colours have been used and a high amount of contrast
is created. This makes the piece stand out a lot.

Analogous

Analogous Colors are groups of three colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel, with one being the dominant colour. They look good together because of how close they are on the colour wheel and are balanced well.

Triad

Similar to analogous colours, a Triad of colours are three colours that are evenly spaced around the colour wheel. They are balanced, but contrast a lot so stand out a fair bit.

Here we can see that the Burger King logo
has used a triadic colour scheme, which
gives it it's vibrant appearance.

Square

A square colour scheme takes 4 colours that are evenly spaced around the colour wheel. It's similar to a triad but with one colour added, so therefore it will produce quite vibrant results and will work well with bright colours.

Split Complementary

Split complementary colours are similar to complimentary however it takes the colour opposite it and uses each colour which is beside that.

The Firefox logo uses a split
complementary colour scheme of
blue, yellow and orange.

Tetradic

A Tetradic colour scheme is made by drawing out a rectangle on the colour wheel. It gives four colours, 2 each which complement each other.