Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colour wheel

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: colour wheel
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A planar circular chart in which related colours are adjacent, and complementary colors are opposite.

British usage

noun

A device that emits varying colours of light by the use of a wheel, commonly used to illuminate Christmas trees.

Example Sentences

"With fears that draping normal Christmas fairy lights through the tree's aluminium branches would cause a short circuit, the trees were lit from below by a rotating colour wheel divided into wedge-shaped segments of variously coloured plastic."
"The twins led him across the room to a silver aluminum Christmas tree in the far corner. A device on the floor cast light on the tree from a bulb behind a slowly turning color wheel."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

colour wheels (plural) color wheel (alternative, US)

Phrases

colour triangle

Frequently Paired Words

colour triangle

Questions

What does colour wheel mean?: A planar circular chart in which related colours are adjacent, and complementary colors are opposite.

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