Does anyone know what parts of color theroy need to be adjusted between color models? Art teachers today are largely oblivious to the color wheel based on light and not pigment.

 

For example, the compliment of red in the traditional pigment color wheel is green. However the compliment of red in the light based color wheel is an cyan color.

 

Do the rules of color theory fall apart for the light color model? We have all been trained in pigment color theroy in art classes but most art teachers know nothing about digital art beyond picture editing.

 

When trying to show a color more vividly does one use the compliment on the pigment wheel or would it be a stronger effect to use the compliment on the light color wheel? I want to say the light color wheel since that is how pixel art is done. Of course some rules will remain intact but it seems that color theory hasn't progressed much beyond pigment color wheel notions. The light color wheel and the pigment color wheel are different. They describe two different concepts. I just wonder what the incompatibilities are...

 

Both wheels in their purest form.