Adjacent Double Near Complements may not be an official Color Scheme but it is one I find I intuitively use quite often. I generally choose either the warm half of the color wheel (skipping the center two hues) or the cool half of the color wheel (skipping the center two hues). It works well with the in-between colors as well. Pick any two adjacent two colors, skip the next two colors in either direction and use the next two colors. It’s simple and it is beautiful.
This painting, created during the January 30, 2012 Blues Jam at The Grisly Pear in the West Village, illustrates the ADNC color scheme. (Violet, Red Violet, Orange Yellow and Yellow.
Drawn first with dip pen and black ink, followed by watercolor.