Complementary Colors
The following artists use complements to give energy to these images. They also use a range of colors in the same hue. For example, Grant Wood, in addition to the complements of red and green, utilizes several kinds of greens. These greens create harmonies. You may have heard of harmonies in music. Color harmonies, like musical harmonies use many "voices" together to create a sum greater than its parts. Color harmonies are pleasing groups of similar colors that are next to each other on the color wheel if not of the same hue, such as the various versions of green in this example. Notice that complement is spelled differently than compliment. Complement refers to completion whereas compliment is when someone tells you that you have nice shoes.
