Widdershins of hue

Here is a concept that I feel that there ought to be words for but which there don't seem to be.

Suppose we arrange the spectrum of colours into the familiar colour wheel:

What is the word that corresponds to "clockwise" on this diagram (and "anticlockwise" on the mirror image of this diagram)? I.e. the word that means "more blue than red", "more green than blue" and "more red than green" simultaneously? What is the word for the opposite hue angle direction?

Bonus points for the best neologisms for these equal and opposite concepts.

One Response to “Widdershins of hue”

  1. --Pete says:

    As you have cast this particular color wheel, I feel that forwards, or the "normal' direction, is CCW.

    For names, how about "spectral" and "anti-spectral"?

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