Split Complementary colors

Split Complementary colors are colors which are combination of one color on one side of color wheel and pair of colors on opposite side of color wheel. Not any pair of colors will be good for split complimentary color scheme. How to find this pair of colors? Select the first color, then find the color on opposite side of the wheel like it would be in complementary color scheme. Then select the color on the right side and on the left side from this color. This is your pair.
Split complementary color scheme consists from 3 colors but unlike secondary or primary color scheme it is not a triad , meaning, the space between colors in split complementary color scheme is not equal.