color circle

American  

noun

1. a circular diagram displaying the colors of the spectrum as a sequence of segments of the circle and showing complementary colors opposite each other.

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Etymology

Origin of color circle

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Instead of the color circle, he has a double saturation series, reaching from saturated yellow through duller yellows to gray and thence through dull blues to saturated blue.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.

His color circle reduces to a straight line with yellow at one end and blue at the other.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.