The Everything Art Handbook

PRIMARIES

Bold and basic, the primaries are the fundamental colors of the color wheel. Using predominantly primary colors to create a work of art yields dynamic and accessible results. Because they are equidistant on the color wheel, they create a triadic color scheme.

USING PRIMARIES TO CREATE SECONDARIES

You may know that red and yellow make orange, blue and yellow make green, and blue and red make purple, but the actual possibilities are a little more complex! You can blend them to create secondary colors, tertiary colors, and neutral colors, but you cannot create primaries using other colors. Below are a few basic guidelines for creating ...