Tertiary color

Tertiary color

A tertiary color is a color made by mixing one primary color with one secondary color, in a given color space such as RGB [cite book | title = How Video Works | author = Marcus Weise and Diana Weynand | publisher = Focal Press | year = 2007 | ibsn = 0240809335 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=KGbFAYGt5qsC&pg=PA59&dq=%22tertiary+color%22++rgb&lr=&as_brr=0&ei=egQlSMaZM5TstgOal_m9DQ&sig=Z8nS3gwQNshO57wThW611DC2z8o#PPA58,M1 ] or RYB. [cite book | title = The Art and Science of Professional Makeup | author = Stan Place and Bobbi Ray Madry | publisher = Thomson Delmar Learning | year = 1990 | ibsn = 0873503619 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=tG2ncjtg_lYC&pg=PA307&dq=%22tertiary+color%22++red-yellow-blue&lr=&as_brr=0&ei=OwYlSIK2GI3itAOh4rjEDQ&sig=sL8j3zZHN6aWyDUgUAFHh764I3I ]

Unlike primary and secondary colors, these are not represented by one firmly established name each, but the following examples include some typical names.

RGB or CMY primaries

Tertiary color names are seldom used in descriptions of RGB (or equivalently CMY) systems, but the names below represent colors in the right hue neighborhood.Fact|date=January 2008

cyan(●) + blue (●) = azure(●)
blue(●) + magenta (●) = violet(●)
magenta(●) + red(●) = rose(●)
red(●) + yellow(●) = orange(●)
yellow(●) + green(●) = chartreuse (●)
green(●) + cyan(●) = spring green(●)

Traditional painting (RYB)

In the red–yellow–blue system as used in traditional painting, tertiary colors are typically named by combining the names of the adjacent primary and secondary. [cite book | title = The Human Evolution Coloring Book | author = Adrienne L. Zihlman | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2001 | ibsn = 0062737171 | url = ] [cite book | title = The Oil Painting Course You've Always Wanted: Guided Lessons for Beginners and Experienced Artists | author = Kathleen Lochen Staiger | publisher = Watson-Guptill | year = 2006 | ibsn = 0823032590 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=B4Q05KmkEdUC&pg=PA48&dq=%22tertiary+color%22&lr=&as_brr=0&ei=6QYlSLHDOpW6tgOUkZi_DQ&sig=ymZNFWKL0qW2E91JSm_T05CfG0c#PPA44,M1 ]

red(●) + orange (●) = red-orange(●)
orange(●) + yellow (●) = yellow-orange or amber(●)
yellow(●) + green(●) = yellow-green(●)
green(●) + blue(●) = blue-green or aquamarinecite book | title = Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools, and Techniques | author = Susan Crabtree and Peter Beudert | publisher = Focal Press | year = 1998 | ibsn = 0240801873 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=K9BMA92i41EC&pg=PA92&dq=%22tertiary+color%22++aquamarine+amber&lr=&as_brr=0&ei=qAwlSOTtBZyStwOesPTBDQ&sig=9ZJG6k9AHgNAEKUGX_Y8DEdTsq0 ] (●)
blue(●) + violet(●) = blue-violet (●)
violet(●) + red(●) = red-violet(●)

ee also

*Color wheel
*Color
*Color theory

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