primary color
Red or blue
A primary color is one that cannot be created by mixing other colors, but can itself be mixed to produce a range of other colors.
In traditional color theory for pigments, the primary colors are red, yellow, and blue.
In light (additive color), they are red, green, and blue.
In modern printing (subtractive color), cyan, magenta, and yellow serve as primaries.
Children learn to mix primary colors in art class.
- redPrimary color, warm
- bluePrimary color; also sad
- crayonColored wax stick
- finger paintingArt using digits directly
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
paint mixing · yellow · pigment · chromaticity · hue · RGB · secondary colors · light spectrum · wavelength · visible light · photoreceptors · tint · artist · saturated · true colors · wheel · light · mixing
color mixing hierarchy
primary colorsecondary color
Hue from blending primaries
tertiary color · mixed color · orange · purple · green