| Types Of Colors |
Colors |
How They Are Created |
| Primary Colors |
red, yellow, blue |
You cannont create these colors by mixing other colors. |
| Secondary Colors |
orange, green, violet |
Mix two adjacent primary colors. |
| Tertiary Colors |
yellow-orange, red-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet |
Mix a primary color with a secondary color. |
| Complementary Colors |
colors that lie directly opposite each other on the color wheel |
If you combine a pair of compliments, you can neutralize the colors and produce some very nice grays. |