Color Theory and The Photoshop Color Picker - Adobe Photoshop

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Color Theory and The Photoshop Color Picker

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    In color theory, complementary colors are two colors opposite each other on the color wheel. For example, the 180 degree opposite of red is green. When I pick the color red (hue is 0) in the Photoshop color picker and then pick enter a hue of 180 degrees to get red's complementary opposite color I end up with cyan rather than green. Anybody know why?

    Thanks,

    ericsartwork@hotmail.com

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    The visible spectrum color wheel is different than the art school one. Cyan is on the opposite side. Here's a very clunky wheel:

    R
    M Y
    B G
    C

    Click on the Color Wheel page of the ASCIIcat <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/r_harvey/asciicat.htm> help file for an example.

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    you might do better asking this question in the main forum eric, you've stumbled into an off topic chatter area. here's a link to the main win forum:

    <http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@@.ee6b366>

    and the main mac forum:

    <http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@@.ee6b362>

    depending on your system of choice...

    not that r_harvey's advice isn't usually top notch, but you'll get more (serious) discussion there.

    dave

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    Hey, I was very serious! If he asks again, he'll get the same thing again (if he's lucky), but with lots more words.

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    Hey, I was very serious!




    I know you were. I was just pointing out that he'd get more discussion in the main forums.

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    You know dave, you could have just let r_ have this one. His answer was short and to the point. I mean, I even understood it, and that's not very common when r_ starts using words and stuff. But you just had to throw your two pence in. Sheesh. directing back to other forums fricka brackin good fer nuthin...

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    Sweet! I have a new favorite emoticon.

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