Mixed color

A mixed color is the result of a mixture of colors .

Examples

Mixed colors of the first degree are made up of two basic colors .

For the RGB color space (= R ot, G reen, B lau ) applies:

• Yellow = red + green
• Cyan = green + blue
• Magenta = red + blue

The following applies to the CMYK color model (= cyan , magenta , yellow and the key black component ):

• Red = yellow + magenta
• Blue = magenta + cyan
• Green = yellow + cyan

These three colors each represent an inverted equilateral triangle in the color wheel. If you mix two neighboring colors with one another, additional mixed colors are created. However, the further you continue with the mixing, the more the colors lose their luminosity .

See also

• Hexadecimal color definition (with examples of additive color mixing )
• Web color