Ives Color Wheel
Colors
The Ives Color Wheel is based on the primary colors of yellow, magenta, and turquoise blue, also known as the CMYK Color System. This wheel divides the colors into 24 pure colors. A color family contains the pure color and all its tints, shades, and tones.
​pure color + white
pure color + black
pure color, tint, or shade + grey
Tint:
Shade:
Tone:
Color Plans
Essential Color Wheel Companion By Joen Wolfrom (for sale in the shop)
Monochromatic:
Complementary:
Analogous:
Split-Complementary:
One color family (use any tint, shade, or tone​).​​​
I highly recommend Joen's book Color Play, 2nd edition.
Two color families, opposite each other on the wheel
A collection of 3, 5, or 7 color families that are adjacent on the wheel
Combines complementary and analogous, using one color family and a collection of its complement and adjacent color families.
Triadic:
Three color families that are equally spaced on the wheel.