Tertiary color
Tertiary colors are colors made by mixing a primary color and a secondary color.
A tertiary color can be made with inks or paints by mixing a material of a primary color with a material of a secondary color.
A tertiary color can be shown on a computer screen when the pixels are lit at a brightness between those of both a primary color and a secondary color.
Another kind of tertiary color is made when the secondary color is complementary to the primary color. This means the primary color is not one of the colors used to make the secondary color itself. They are opposite colors.
The result of mixing complementary colors in an additive color model is white. The result in a subtractive color model is black.
List of tertiary colors
changeThe colors shown on this list are from the RGB color model.
| Color | Color Name | Mixed from Prim. Color | Mixed from Sec. Color |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | Red | Yellow | |
| Chartreuse | Green | Yellow | |
| Spring green | Green | Cyan | |
| Azure | Blue | Cyan | |
| Violet | Blue | Magenta | |
| Rose | Red | Magenta |