Secondary Color Glossary Term (original) (raw)

Secondary Color
The color produced when equal amounts of two primary colors are mixed. An example of an additive secondary color would be when you have 100% red light and 100% green light which produces the additive secondary color, yellow. An example of a subtractive secondary color would be when you mix equal amounts of the subtractive primary colors, cyan and yellow, which produces the subtractive secondary color, green.