PRIMARY COLORS

Plate3 Primary Colors: Red, yellow and blue

(Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_color ; May 30, 2012)

In traditional color theory, these are the 3 pigment colors that cannot be mixed or formed by any combination of other colors. All other hues are derived from these 3 primary hues.

SECONDARY COLORS

Plate4 Secondary Colors: Green, orange and purple

Secondary colors formed by mixing the primary colors.