How to Use a Split Complementary Color Scheme…Lovely!

Thesplit complementary scheme is a variation of the standard complementary scheme.It uses a color and the two colors adjacent to its complementary color. 

Anexample of such three colors are yellow-orange, blue, and violet. Another split-complementary harmonyis blue with red-orange and yellow-orange. The split complementary scheme offers morepossibilities than the complementary scheme, and yet it has strong visualcontrast for a striking effect.





Tips:
·       Use a single warm color against a range of cool colors to put anemphasis on the warm color (red with blue-green and a greenish yellow-green, ororange with blue-violet and blue-green).

·       You might wish to avoid using desaturated warm colors (e.g. brownishreds, brownish oranges, or dull yellows), because this may ruin the scheme.