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The primary (first) colours are the basic building blocks. You use them to make other colours but can not mix other colours to get them.

The primary colours are:

Red

Blue

Yellow.

The secondary (second) colours are the result of mixing two of the primary colours in equal parts to achieve a colour.

The secondary colours are:

Purple - 1 part Red + 1 part Blue

Orange - 1part Red + 1 part Yellow

Green - 1 part Blue + 1 part Yellow

The tertiary (third) colours are the result of adding one part primary colour to the secondary colours it is part of, resulting in colours closer to the primaries than the secondaries.

The tertiary colours are:

Red-Purple - 2 parts Red + 1 part Blue

Blue-Purple - 2 parts Blue + 1 part Red

Blue-Green - 2 parts Blue + 1 part Yellow

Yellow-Green - 2 parts Yellow + 1 part Blue

Yellow-Orange - 2 parts Yellow + 1 part Red

Red-Orange - 2 parts Red + 1 part Yellow.

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