Tip: save your frequently used lists for quick reuse.
How to Use the Wheel of Colors
Press Spin and the wheel stops on a random color from your list. It starts pre-filled with Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and more — handy for picking palettes, art, design and game colors.
Need a different kind of pick? The Related Tools below link to a name wheel picker, a wheel of fate and other random decision wheels.
Building a Colour Palette With the Wheel
Load a set of colours, spin, and let the wheel choose the next one. Designers use it to break a tie between two palettes, to add an unexpected accent to a flat layout, or to pick a background when the obvious choice feels tired.
Because every candidate is visible at once, you can see the whole family of colours before the spin and stop before loading anything that clashes.
Art, Craft and Classroom Uses
- Art class — pick the next colour for a group painting or a colour-mixing exercise
- Craft rooms — choose a thread, paper or yarn when several would work equally well
- Party games — assign team colours or decide who wears what
- Games and quizzes — spin for a colour round or a coloured tile
The wheel names colours rather than blending them, so it stays a picker rather than a design tool.
Save Your Colour Sets
Press Save to keep the current colours in your browser and reload them later. That suits recurring jobs — a brand palette you come back to, a set of house colours for a club, or a classroom set you reuse each term.
Saved colour sets stay on your own device; nothing is uploaded.
Choosing Colours in a Group
A spin settles a colour argument as neatly as it settles any other choice. When a club cannot agree between two kit colours, or a class cannot pick a house colour, one spin ends the discussion and nobody has to give way.
Teachers also use it for colour-themed activities: spin twice, then ask pupils to name and describe the two colours that came up.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I spin a wheel of colors?
Press Spin and the color wheel stops on one random color. The list starts with Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink, Black, White and Teal — edit it any time to use your own colors.
Is this wheel of colors free?
Yes. It is 100% free, runs entirely in your browser and never requires a sign-up or download.
Can I save my color lists for later?
Yes. Click Save to store your current colors in the Saved lists section. Saved lists stay in your browser and are ready next time you visit.
What is the wheel of colors used for?
People spin it to pick random colors for palettes, art projects, design choices, games and giveaways.
How do I add my own colors?
Replace the list in the box with your own colors — commas or new lines both work and the wheel redraws instantly.
Can I spin it to pick a random color on my phone?
Yes. The wheel works on any device and keeps your saved lists in the browser.
Is a color wheel the same as a color picker?
No — they solve different problems. A color wheel is spun to land on a random color, which is what you want for design challenges, art class warm-ups or picking a random theme color. A color picker (also called a color selector) is used the other way round: you already have a color and you want to read or copy its exact HEX, RGB or HSL code. This page is the spinning kind — if you need the exact code instead, open our color picker from the related tools below.
How many colours can I add to the wheel?
As many as you like, though six to twelve reads best on screen. Each colour receives an equal slice, so a set of five behaves the same as a set of fifteen.
Can I build a colour palette with the wheel?
Yes. Spin to pick a colour, note it down, press Remove Winner to take it out, then spin again for the next one — repeating that gives you a small palette chosen at random.
Can I remove a colour after it has been picked?
Yes. Press Remove Winner and the colour that just landed leaves the wheel, so the next spin cannot repeat it. Press Reset to bring the full set back.
Can I use the wheel to choose a colour for a group?
Yes. Load the colours on offer and spin once. A result chosen at random is easier for a group to accept than a colour proposed by one person.
How do I spin the wheel colors to pick one colour?
Leave the default palette in place or paste your own list, then press Spin. The pointer settles on a single colour and the result is shown underneath, so you can spin the wheel colors as often as a design, a game or a lesson needs.
How many colours should a colors wheel hold?
There is no fixed number. Six to twelve segments stay readable on a phone, and a full palette of twenty still spins cleanly. If a segment becomes too thin to read, trim the list to the shades you are genuinely choosing between.