The key, according to this wikihow article, is to use contrasting colours.
They give this star shaped guide to picking two colours that contrast. You pick colours from opposite points. Done.
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1Leah
wrote on 16 January 2010 at 6:20
that's basically what the colour wheel is for.
2Nathan
wrote on 16 January 2010 at 6:22
So Robyn tells me. I just thought it was something you spun really fast to make white, teaching children a valuable lesson.
3queenstuss
wrote on 16 January 2010 at 6:27
I was thinking the same thing. Isn't this just a colour wheel with pointy ends?