Thanks to Isaac Newton…

The glorious color wheel

Julie Ranson
Published in
Sep 8, 2022

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Flower with color wheel coloration
Photo by Sharon Pittaway on Unsplash

When I started working on a new branding palette, the color wheel was one of my starting points. Unaware, though, was I that Sir Newton mapped the color spectrum in the round.

The traditional wheel is aligned with RYB — red, yellow, blue. Remember elementary school lessons about mixing these primary colors? Red+Blue=Purple, and so on. Mixing those…

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Julie Ranson
The Daily Cuppa

Word Lover. Writer. Self-improver. Believer. Widow. Mother of three adults. Find me everywhere: https://linktr.ee/jjranson