Opponent color theory: palettes web designers should never use

In this article we will discover two fundamental color combinations that should never be used in web design. This article will focus on Ewald Hering’s opponent color theory and how applies to us as designers.

There are actually 4 fundamental hues: Red, Green, Blue and Yellow. Hering noted that certain combinations of hues were never perceived to occur together. For example, we never describe a color we are seeing as reddish-green or yellowish-blue, while combinations of red and yellow, red and blue, green and yellow, and green and blue are readily perceived. It has to be asked, what is special about these odd-ball color combinations?

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