Triadic colors

are high-energy colors that are found by choosing three colors that are separated by 120 degrees (equally spaced) on the color wheel. The primary (red, blue, and yellow) and secondary (purple, orange, green) colors are examples of triadic colors.

Mouseover the color wheel to rotate it and see another set of triadic colors, click on it too see a third example.

Learn how to do that roll over effect in the coding section.