Which colors are considered secondary colors in standard color theory?

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Which colors are considered secondary colors in standard color theory?

In standard pigment color theory, secondary colors come from mixing two primary colors. With the traditional primaries red, yellow, and blue, mixing red and yellow gives orange, yellow and blue gives green, and blue and red gives violet. So orange, green, and violet are the secondary colors on the painter’s color wheel. The other options reflect different color systems: red, green, blue are the primaries in additive light (the colors used on screens), and cyan, magenta, yellow are the primaries used in printing (CMY). They aren’t the secondary colors of the traditional pigment theory.

In standard pigment color theory, secondary colors come from mixing two primary colors. With the traditional primaries red, yellow, and blue, mixing red and yellow gives orange, yellow and blue gives green, and blue and red gives violet. So orange, green, and violet are the secondary colors on the painter’s color wheel.

The other options reflect different color systems: red, green, blue are the primaries in additive light (the colors used on screens), and cyan, magenta, yellow are the primaries used in printing (CMY). They aren’t the secondary colors of the traditional pigment theory.

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