SECONDARIES
Like primaries, secondaries form a triadic color scheme when used together in a painting. Lying equidistant on the color wheel, each color helps bring out the others, and together they allow for dusky tones that still retain impact.
WORKING WITH SECONDARIES
Secondary colors add dimension to the color wheel with three festive hue families—violet, green, and orange. Each of these colors is a mix of two primary colors. Violet is a combination of red and blue, green is a combination of blue and yellow, and orange is a combination of yellow and red. When mixing secondaries for a painting, consider the following: Mixing colors that lean ...
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