What are the 5 basic colors?

What are the 5 basic colors?

Understanding the Color Wheel

• Three Primary Colors (Ps): Red, Yellow, Blue.
• Three Secondary Colors (S'): Orange, Green, Violet.
• Six Tertiary Colors (Ts): Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet, Red-Violet, which are formed by mixing a primary with a secondary.

What are the 8 Colours?

Terms in this set (8)

• Red. ...
• Blue. ...
• Green. ...
• Yellow. ...
• Orange. ...
• Purple. ...
• Brown. ...
• Black. ...

What are the real primary colors?

The Real Primary Colors Your color printer knows the answer: cyan, yellow and magenta. These colors mix a bright and clean spectrum. You can mix red, green and blue from these primaries.

Is a hue a color?

Hue refers to the dominant color family. Hue refers to the origin of the colors we can see. Primary and Secondary colors (Yellow, Orange, Red, Violet, Blue, and Green) are considered hues; however, tertiary colors (mixed colors where neither color is dominant) would also be considered hues.

What are lighter colors called?

The important thing to remember is how the color varies from its original hue. If white is added to a color, the lighter version is called a "tint". If the color is made darker by adding black, the result is called a "shade".