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Color Coordinated

Use these resources when researching which colors will work best in your retail store.

By AmyJo Brown
Staff Writer
November 2002

T here are many resources that can help you choose the right colors for your retail store.

The Pantone Color Institute recommends choosing color combinations of complementary colors, which lie opposite each other on the color wheel. Designers often build color schemes around two or three related colors, which lie next to each other on the color wheel.



Check out these other sources for more ideas: www.pantone.com/products/products.asp?idArea=16

www.sherwin-williams.com

www.eyewire.com/magazine/features/color/theory

http://interiordec.about.com







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