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How many colors are there in a standard artist's color wheel?

12

Background

A classic artist's color wheel has 12 colors. It is made of three primary colors, three secondary colors, and six in-between tones. Isaac Newton created the first color wheel in 1666. Artists still use it today to find colors that work well together.

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