| A | B |
| Monochromatic definiton | Various tints and shades of one color |
| Analogous definiton | Two or three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. |
| Complimentary definiton | Colors which are opposite each other on the color wheel |
| Split Complimentary definiton | Colors which are opposite each other, however, then you take the colors on either side of one of the compliments |
| Triad definiton | Three colors that are of equal distance from one another on the color wheel |
| Accented Neutral definiton | neutral color combined with a bright accent color. |
| Triad example | yellow, blue, red |
| Complimentary example | orange and blue |
| Analogous example | red, red-orange, orange |
| Monochromatic example | light blue, blue and dark blue |
| Accented Neutral example | Black and Pink |
| Split Complimentary example | green, red-orange and red-violet |