If i blend two primary colors together like blue and yellow it makes the primary color green. But if i blend the primary colors red and yellow together will it result in another primary color?

Question

Blue and yellow make green. What do red and yellow make and is it a primary color?

Answer 1

There are only 3 Primary Colors. Red, Yellow, and Blue. Mixing equal parts of any two primary colors results in the creation of a secondary color. If the two primary colors are not in equal amounts, it results in what is called a tertiary color.

For Example:

Equal parts of Yellow and Blue make Green. Green is a secondary color.

Equal parts of Yellow and Red make Orange. Orange is a secondary color.

Equal parts of Red and Blue make Purple. Purple is a secondary color.

Mixing non-equal parts of any two primary colors will result in a tertiary color. For example, a Bluish Green or a Yellowish Green; a reddish purple or a bluish purple; a reddish orange or a yellowy orange.

Each color on the color wheel has an opposite or complementary color. Red is the compliment of Green. Yellow is the compliment of Purple. Blue is the complement of Orange.

This is all in theory. In reality, depending on the pigments in the paint colors, you may not be using a true blue, or true yellow, so your colors may give you something that you might not expect; a brownish green for example instead of a bright emerald green.

Hope this helps. I teach this sort of thing when I start working with new students in acrylic painting, watercolor painting, and even in colored pencil drawing. Understanding color theory is often really important to excel as an artist. Hope this helps and I'm happy to help you on your artistic journey.

Best,

Eddie

Answer 2

This is a good question. To add on to the previous response, when blending your primary colors together with another primary color (red, blue, or yellow) they will result in the creation of a secondary color (purple, green, orange).

Answer 3

When the two primary colors red and yellow are blended together they make the color orange which is a non-primary color on the color wheel. So in actuality two primary colors blended together do not always result in another primary color.