the primary colors

The primary color is one that can not be created by mixing other of the other colors that exist. These primary colors if they can create others to be mixed together so well, producing most of the colors we know. In this sense, be it resolved that by mixing two primary colors produces the so-called, secondary color, and following this use, by mixing a secondary with a primary produces what is called a tertiary color.


The colors that are considered primary in the art world, are red, yellow and blue. However, this term is imprecise because the three primary colors are magenta, yellow and cyan. In this sense, are actually blue and green pigments considered secondary, but are considered as primary because they are primary colors of light, along with red.