What are the six tertiary colors?
A tertiary color or intermediate color is a color made by mixing full saturation of one primary color with halfsaturation of another, in a given color space.
There is a set of names for the RYB color wheel, as well as the general names of tertiary colors.The names are shown.
According to color theorists, tertiary colors are created by intermixing pairs of secondary colors: orange-green, green-purple, purple-orange.This approach relates to tertiary color in the form of paints, pigments, and dyes.
The primary colors of a color wheel are red, green, and blue.The three subtractive colors of the primary colors are yellow, cyan, and magenta.
Below are the tertiary color names used in the descriptions.
The terms for tertiary colors are not set.The names for the twelve quaternary colors are more variable if they exist at all, though indigo and scarlet are standard for blue and red.
Red, yellow, and blue are the primary colors in the RYB color wheel.The primary colors are orange, green, and purple.
In the red–yellow–blue system used in traditional painting and interior design, tertiary colors are typically named by combining the names of the adjacent primary and secondary.[6]