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Choosing a Complementary Paint Color
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The straight complement is the color directly opposite another color on the color wheel. For purple, the complement is yellow. The complement for red is green, and for blue is orange etc.....
Using more real life color shades and tints you might see these colors as they appear below rather than in the pure color hue as they appear on the color wheel.
In addition to straight complements, there are split complements too. Split complements
Unless you will be painting ceiling, walls and trim all the same color, you will be confronted with the issue of picking complementary colors to go with the primiary color choice for your interior or exterior painting.
Complementary colors to the primary paint color can be used for furniture, drapes, shutters, doors and fabrics as well as on other painted surfaces.
Complements don't need to be on separate surfaces. they can both be incorporated in the fabric of a couch or curtains etc....
The Color Wheel
Straight Complements
include the colors next to the straight complement on the color wheel. Splitting the complement gives more variety. Another version of the split complement is the double complement which involves splitting both ends of the color wheel.
The split complement for purple in more real life colors.
You are not limted to complements - straight and split. You can add to your color selection process "analogous" colors too. In fact most color shemes will inclued a primary color, along with various shades and tints of that color, analogous colors and complementary colors for the fullest color palette.
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