Primary color | primary colors
FromSimpleEnglishWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaPrimarycolors(orprimarycoloursinCommonwealthEnglish)aresetsofcolorsthatcanbecombinedtomakeausefulrangeofcolors.Theprimarycolorsarethosewhichcannotbecreatedbymixingothercolorsinagivencolorspace.Forsubtractivecombinationofcolors,asinmixingofpigmentsordyesforprinting,theCMYKsetofprimariesisoftenused.Inthissystemtheprimarycolorsarecyan,magenta,andyellow.[1]OthersetsincludetheRYBsystemofred,yellow,blue,especiallyusedbyartists.[2]Foradditivecombination...
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Primary colors (or primary colours in Commonwealth English) are sets of colors that can be combined to make a useful range of colors. The primary colors are those which cannot be created by mixing other colors in a given color space.
For subtractive combination of colors, as in mixing of pigments or dyes for printing, the CMYK set of primaries is often used. In this system the primary colors are cyan, magenta,and yellow.[1] Other sets include the RYB system of red, yellow, blue, especially used by artists.[2]
For additive combination of colors, as in overlapping projected lights or in television and computer screens, the primary colors normally used are red, green, and blue.
Primary colors are not a fundamental property of light but are related to the physiological response of the eye to light (the way the eye works). For humans, three primary colors are usually used, since human...