The order of a color wheel diagram typically follows the sequence of primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. It starts with the primary colors (red, blue, yellow), followed by the secondary colors (green, orange, purple), which are formed by mixing two primary colors. Tertiary colors (red-orange, red-violet, blue-green, blue-purple, yellow-green, yellow-orange) are created by mixing a primary color with a secondary color. This sequence represents the relationship between colors in terms of their mixing properties and visual harmony.