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

Their bright colors, simple shapes, approachable dimensions and stacked-together compositions are as friendly as kindergarten building blocks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2018

But the clean colors, simple patterns and New York School-style repetition of these words, many of which are laid on backward for an effect suggestive of Cyrillic, clearly aren’t the main event.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2017