An Artist's Perspective
I genuinely hope I'm not doing your homework here.
A Primary colour is any colour which can not be achieved by mixing.
There are three of them
- red, yellow & blue.
A Secondary colour is any colour achieved by mixing any two of the primary colours together in equal amounts.
There are three of them as well
- red & yellow = orange (1 part red + 1 part yellow)
- red & blue =purple (1 part red + 1 part blue)
- yellow & blue = green (1 part yellow + 1 part blue)
A tertiary colour is any colour achieved by mixing equal parts of any secondary colour and one of the two primary colours that it is made of.
There are six of them. (always stated as primary colour hyphen secondary colour - see below)
- orange & red = Red-orange (2 parts red + 1 part yellow)
- orange & yellow = Yellow-orange (2 parts yellow + 1 part red)
- purple & red = Red-purple (2 parts red + 1 part blue)
- purple & blue = Blue-purple (2 parts blue + 1 part red)
- green & yellow = Yellow-green (2 parts yellow + 1 part blue)
- green & blue = Blue-green (2 parts blue + 1 part yellow)
This sort of thing is best understood by mixing the colours yourself, as opposed to doing it as an abstract equation.
Get yourself some paint, a good palette and palette knife and take the time to mix your own colours.
Art is a very hands on thing to do, mixing colour is a basic skill of art, and no amount of innate talent will make up for not having the basics.
magenta, cyan & yellow are Primary colours.
The colours that can be made by mixing primary colours are Secondary colours.
Tertiary colours are colours that can be made by mixing primary and/or secondary colours.
In the art sense, "tertiary" refers to colors that are created by mixing a primary color with a secondary color. For example, mixing yellow (a primary color) with green (a secondary color) produces yellow-green, which is a tertiary color. Tertiary colors often provide a broader palette for artists, allowing for more nuanced and complex color schemes in their work. They play a crucial role in color theory and can enhance depth and interest in visual compositions.
Red is one of the three primary colors, the other two being blue and yellow. This means that colors cannot be mixed to create red, red is mixed with the other primary colors to create other colors, secondary and tertiary colors.
Colors resulting from the equal mixture of a primary color with either of the secondary colors adjacent to it on a color wheel.The tertiary colors are: yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blue violet, blue-green, and yellow-green.hope this helps!source; http://www.artsparx.com/colorwheel.asp
Tertiary ColorsThe intermediate colors are the "two-name colors" yellow orange, red orange, yellow green, blue green, red violet, and blue violet. They are created by mixing the primaries in specific proportions according to their proximity to a primary color of red, yellow, and blue on the color wheel. For example, if an orange is closest to yellow on the color wheel it means that it has more yellow in it and therefore looks like a yellowish orange. The orange that is next to the red on the color wheel has more red in it and therefore appears to look reddish.Sometimes the intermediates are referred to as tertiary colors. The tertiary colors are not the same as intermediates as they are created by mixing the secondary colors. For example, orange and purple make russet, orange and green make citron, and purple and green make olive.So really the intermediate colors are yellow orange, red orange, yellow green, blue green, red violet, and blue violet.
Tertiary prevention is doing something to keep a problem from getting worse. An example may be: My first day in Jamaica I stayed in the sun only 20 minutes as tertiary prevention of a bad sunburn. Or: The doctor gives you Tetanus shots as when you puncture your skin from a rusty nail as tertiary prevention against infection. Tertiary means a third level or an exacerbated level.
there are 6 tertiary colors
Tertiary colors are created by mixing a primary color with an adjacent secondary color on the color wheel. Examples of tertiary colors include red-orange, yellow-green, and blue-violet.
When you mix primary colors (red, blue, yellow) with secondary colors (orange, green, purple), you create tertiary colors. Tertiary colors are a combination of a primary color and a secondary color, resulting in a wide range of hues.
Intermediate colors
The colors produced by mixing primary colors and secondary colors are known as tertiary colors. These colors are created by combining adjacent primary and secondary colors on the color wheel.
The tertiary colors are created by mixing two secondary colors together. Tertiary colors are not the same as intermediates because intermediates are created by mixing one primary color with a secondary. Sometimes the intermediates are referred to as tertiary colors, BUT remember it isn't the other way around.Examples of Tertiary colors:- Orange + purple = russet- Orange + green =citron- Purple + green = olive(These aren't all of the tertiary colors)A way that you can tell intermediate and tertiary colors a part is that true tertiary colors have names of their own. Intermediate colors have names with their primary and secondary colors in them (i.e. Red-Violet, Blue-Violet, Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Blue-Green, Yellow-Green)
Tertiary colors are a color group that is created by mixing a primary color with a secondary color. Examples of tertiary colors include yellow-green, blue-green, red-violet, and so on.
When you mix two secondary colors, you get a tertiary color. Tertiary colors are created by mixing a primary color with a secondary color. Examples of tertiary colors include red-orange, yellow-green, and blue-violet.
You can create colors in small amounts, by blending either primary colors, primary colors with secondary colors, or primary colors with tertiary colors. You can also blend secondary and tertiary colors with each other to create small qunatities of dolors from larger quantites of colors.
The non-primary colors are secondary and tertiary colors. Secondary colors are made by mixing two primary colors together, while tertiary colors are made by mixing a primary color with a secondary color. Examples of secondary colors include orange, green, and purple, while examples of tertiary colors include red-orange, yellow-green, and blue-violet.
Yellow (primary color) Yellow-Green (tertiary color) Green (secondary color) Blue-Green (tertiary color) Blue (primary color) Blue-Purple (tertiary color) Purple (secondary color) Red-Purple (tertiary color) Red (primary color) Orange-Red (tertiary color) Orange (secondary color) Yellow-Orange (tertiary color) (and then you are back at yellow)
Oh, dude, gold is not a tertiary color. Tertiary colors are made by mixing primary and secondary colors, like when you mix red and orange to get some fancy tertiary color. Gold is just... gold. It's like the diva of colors, standing alone and shining bright.