For example, when different proportions of red, green, and blue light enter your eye, your brain interprets the various combinations as different colors. Light sources, such as televisions and computer monitors, use this additive color system to generate a wide range of colors. For example, when red and green lights are combined, they appear yellow. The primary light colors are red, green, and blue, combined in various proportions to produce all other colors. However, we continue to use the RBY model for mixing paints, which is the most common color wheel in art stores. The blue-red-yellow model gives way to the cyan-magenta-yellow model as more is learned about spectral color and how wavelengths interact with surfaces (reflection/absorption) and the human eye.

However, according to science, this does not adequately address the acceptable range of spectral color. Some of you may be scratching your heads and wondering, “Where are the Blue, Red, and Yellow models?” The artist’s color wheel (blue, red, and yellow) predated modern science and was discovered due to Newton’s prism experiments.

Pigment Colors primaries(Cyan, Magenta, Yellow).

Light Colors primaries(Red, Green, Blue).Art and design students must learn two basic color models to have expert color control, whether they are doing print publications in graphic design or combining pigment for printing. This is where color can become a little perplexing for some people. In other words, with only three pure Primary pigments (yellow, Red, and Blue), you could theoretically mix billions of colors. Primary colors are the foundation for all other colors, according to theory.

Primary secondary colors