A color wheel is a visual representation of how colors relate to each other. It shows the relationship between primary colors, secondary colors, and tertiary colors. The color wheel can be used as a tool for choosing colors that work well together.
The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. These are the colors that cannot be made by mixing other colors together. All other colors are created by mixing these three primary colors.
The secondary colors are orange, green, and purple. They are made by mixing two primary Colors together equally. For example, if you mix yellow and red you will get orange; if you mix red and blue you will get purple; if you mix yellow and blue you will get green.
The tertiary Colors are made by Mixing one Primary Color with one Secondary Color. For example: Yellow-Orange (Primary Yellow + Secondary Orange), Blue-Green (Primary Blue + Secondary Green), Red-Orange (Primary Red + Secondary Orange), Red-Purple (Primary Red + Secondary Purple), Yellow-Green (Primary Yellow + Secondary Green), Blue-Purple (Primary Blue+Secondary Purple). There are six tertiary Colors altogether.
Tertiary Colors tend to be more intense than either Primary or Secondary Colors because they contain parts of both types of color.. This intensity can be seen in their names which often include both the name of the Primary Color and the name of the Seconary Color that was used to create it such as “Yellow-Green” or “Blue-Violet”
Understanding the color wheel can help artists choose harmonious color schemes for their work as well as helps explain why certainColor combinations just seem to work better than others