“This HTML color code tool is based on classic color theory pioneered by Johannes Itten in the mid 1900s. Johannes Itten developed a new kind of color wheel that changed the way color was seen. This wheel is still in use today. The Johannes Itten wheel uses yellow, red and blue as its primary colors.”

Link:
http://www.siteprocentral.com/html_color_code.html

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