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Noun: colour wheel
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: color wheel)
  1. A chart in which complementary colours (or their names) are arranged on opposite sides of a circle
    "Artists use the colour wheel to understand colour relationships";
    - color circle [US], color wheel [US], colour circle [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: colour wheels

Type of: color chart [US], colour chart [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Colour wheel