The First Colors
What are the primary colors?
Red, blue, yellow
What are the secondary colors?
Green, purple, orange
How are colors organized?
On a color wheel
Why are the primary colors called primary?
They are the colors that create all other colors. You cannot create these colors.
What is red + yellow?
orange
Colors opposite one another on the color wheel are called ___
Complementary colors
What three colors create all the other colors?
Red, blue, yellow
What is yellow + blue?
green
List the 3 complementary color pairs
green + red; purple + yellow; blue + orange
What happens when you mix 2 primary colors?
A secondary color is formed
What is red + blue?
purple
Complementary color pairs consist of one primary color and one ___ color.
secondary
What happens when you mix 1 primary and 1 secondary color together?
A tertiary color is formed
What is another name for Violet?
purple
When placed next to each other, complementary colors make each other appear ___
brighter