A color wheel is an illustrative organization of colors around a circle, showing the relationships between primary colors, secondary colors, and tertiary colors.
The RGB (Red, Green, Blue) color wheel represents the 3 light sources used to produce colors on a TV or computer screen.
Primary colors are Red, Green, and Blue.
Secondary colors are created by mixing primary colors:
Red and Green= Yellow
Green and Blue = Cyan
Blue and Red = Magenta
The CMY(K) (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow) represent the colors used to print on paper.
The primary colors are Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow.
Secondary colors are created by mixing primary colors:
Cyan and Magenta = Blue
Magenta and Yellow = Red
Yellow and Cyan = Green.
The RYB (Red, Yellow, Blue) color wheel is used by painters, artists and designers for blending pigment colors.
The 3 primary colors are Red, Yellow, and Blue.
Secondary colors are created by mixing primary colors.
The 3 secondary colors are Orange, Green, and Purple.
Red and Yellow = Orange
Yellow and Blue = Green
Blue and Red = Purple.
