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tertiary color
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- A color resulting from the mixture of two secondary colors.
- A color resulting from the equal mixture of a primary color with either of the secondary colors adjacent to it on a color wheel.
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A tertiary color is a color made by mixing one primary color with one secondary color, in a given color space. Unlike primary and secondary colors, these are not represented by one firmly established name each, but the following examples include some of the most popular.
Light (RGB)
| red | (●) | + | yellow | (●) | = | orange | (●) |
| green | (●) | + | yellow | (●) | = | chartreuse | (●) |
| green | (●) | + | cyan | (●) | = | spring green | (●) |
| blue | (●) | + | cyan | (●) | = | azure | (●) |
| blue | (●) | + | magenta | (●) | = | violet | (●) |
| red | (●) | + | magenta | (●) | = | rose | (●) |
Pigment (CMY)
| cyan | (●) | + | blue | (●) | = | azure | (●) |
| magenta | (●) | + | blue | (●) | = | violet | (●) |
| magenta | (●) | + | red | (●) | = | fuchsia | (●) |
| yellow | (●) | + | red | (●) | = | orange | (●) |
| yellow | (●) | + | green | (●) | = | chartreuse | (●) |
| cyan | (●) | + | green | (●) | = | aquamarine | (●) |
Traditional Painting Prescripts (RYB)
| red | (●) | + | orange | (●) | = | orange red | (●) |
| red | (●) | + | violet | (●) | = | red-violet | (●) |
| yellow | (●) | + | orange | (●) | = | yellow-orange | (●) |
| yellow | (●) | + | green | (●) | = | yellow-green | (●) |
| blue | (●) | + | green | (●) | = | blue-green | (●) |
| blue | (●) | + | violet | (●) | = | blue violet | (●) |
Alternate Usage
The term "tertiary color" was originally coined to refer to "neutral" colors; those made by mixing all three primary colors in a color space. Examples of these would be white or grey, in the (light) additive system, and brown, grey, or black in the (pigment or paint) subtractive system. This is still the common meaning in most technical literature.
Many professionals today prefer the term "intermediate color" for this, to prevent confusion.
See also
External links
- Colors Everywhere (article at Philomelos, the lyrics wiki)
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 | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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