How to make a Color Wheel in Adobe Illustrator (HSB colors, not Scientific Colors) Video
Learn how to create a circle with 12 slices. Use the Live Paint Bucket tool to fill slices with each color. Use HSB (Hue, Saturation, Brightness) to incrementally create each hue. You’ll change the settings by 30 degrees each time.
If you’d like to make your color selections Scientific, you can watch this video next and adjust your colors appropriately: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXmbFPeyY8M
This video is for graphic designers learning to use Adobe Illustrator, especially students working on shape, paint, and color skills.
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Whether you’re a design student or a pro looking to sharpen your color theory, you’ll learn how to use increments of 30° to transition through the spectrum with mathematical precision.
What You’ll Learn:
Precision Shapes: Creating and centering a 7″ circle using the Align Artboard tools.
The “Rotate & Duplicate” Trick: Using $360 / 12 = 30 degree increments with the Command + D shortcut to create perfect slices.
Pathfinder & Live Paint: How to divide shapes and use the Live Paint Bucket for seamless coloring.
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⚠️ Important Note on Color: This tutorial focuses on the HSB (Digital) model using 30-degree mathematical increments. Because this is a digital HSB wheel, traditional complementary colors will not be directly across from each other (e.g., Red will not be opposite Green).
If you need to create a Scientific/Traditional Color Wheel where complements align, follow the technical steps in this video first, then watch this video to adjust your colors:
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Learn more about Color Wheels, Color Theory, and Scientific Color Wheels in our Blog Post: https://designertofullstack.com/how-to-create-a-color-wheel-in-illustrator/
If you like this, you’ll also enjoy the video RGB Additive Color Triangle (Wheel) in Photoshop
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