On a commonly accepted color wheel, which colors are primary colors?

Correct answer: Yellow, blue, red

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SQinfoNUTS
SQinfoNUTS
wow I think everybody should be issued a great big pile of Xanax before playing this game. seriously ?? we're having an argument about whether blue is a primary color? or is it a colour?? please calm down. show a little restraint and courtesy. thank you very much for your kind attention to this matter.
nimblemoon
nimblemoon
If I had a buck for every color wheel I had to make throughout school, I could buy....lunch!
ZOMBIASNOE1565
ZOMBIASNOE1565
SolemnChancellor2303 red, blue and yellow are primary colours.. green is secondary, made from blue and yellow.
Stygo
Stygo
This is a common primary school art lesson, as long as art is concerned red, blue and yellow are the primary colors, mixing two primary colors will get you a secondary color and mixing two secondary colors will result to a tertiary color. Mixing all colors will give you black. To get white you mix red, green and blue. Still green is not a primary color.
Rich Linville
Rich Linville
In light, all colors come from green, red, or blue. In paint, all colors come from yellow, magenta (almost red), or cyan (almost blue).
KevinM
KevinM
Television was always Red Green Blue.
Cat Mom
Cat Mom
Kerry, so, the first one was a little more complex but the second is more complex? You've lost me lol
Rachelle
Rachelle
If black was a colour what my name that begins with race?
gitfy person
gitfy person
Stygo, Thank you
TJ SISTA
TJ SISTA
Those are the basics an I'm sticking to it 😜.
Kerry
Kerry
The new study t the first one was a little more complex but the second is more complex
kara
kara
Jimbo Jones, The BEST I have ever heard it explained. Thank you so much.
DawnyG
DawnyG
Stygo, black & white are not colours !!
Marco55024
Marco55024
Rich Linville, yep, the difference is rgb are additive as monitors are producing light whereas printed material is subtractive as they are reflecting light
Jimbo Jones
Jimbo Jones
Pingu, white is all colours reflected. black is all colours obsorbed
Player #32567393
Player #32567393
Pingu, Cozzy 25, You’re right Pingu. Black & white are shades, not colours. 😎
MeanMutha
MeanMutha
Should be yellow cyan and magenta for paint
Player #5744529
Player #5744529
Saad, green is made by yellow and blue
Hola
Hola
Hi yellow blue and red are primary colors 💛💙❤️
Pingu
Pingu
Some will argue that black and white are not considered as colours.
Player #15288420
Player #15288420
I like blellow😊
Player Elf Council
Player Elf Council
UltraDowny2, Well, magenta is red, cyan is blue and yellow is yellow. What has changed?
iloveagles
iloveagles
learned that in kindergarten
SeventhAverage4
SeventhAverage4
And put the primary colours together and you have brown.
Sonicgirl
Sonicgirl
It's like, when you start mixing Colours ,it all changes.
질리언❤️윤기
질리언❤️윤기
Just in case anyone is interested, the true primary colours are Cyan, Magenta and Yellow. They really are but for some reason they continue to teach kids about colour theory incorrectly. Think of printing - CMKY (K stands for Key and is black in colour). A printer uses these because they can create and colour needed with just those colours. Get the word out there! (I hope Echo Gillette is proud.)
micron9999
micron9999
I've never understood why the colour wheel is different for light. Primaries are red, blue and green. Complimentaries are yellow, magenta and cyan. All colours of light can be created from these. White is red, blue and green.
InsideLottery9
InsideLottery9
vzz"a zzz
Becca Sue
Becca Sue
BronzeNinja69951, white paint is made of titanium dioxide, found in sand. You could ask the same about the primary colors...those pigments, by definition, are not made by mixing other colors. It's chemistry.
Becca Sue
Becca Sue
littlesaint 72, it's American English vs British English....no need to be judgmental.
Becca Sue
Becca Sue
littlesaint 72, in color theory, white is the absence of color (pigment) or the combination of all colors (light). White paint is therefore paint without pigment....what exact chemicals, I don't know, but acrylic paint is often called "titanium white"...
NorsePony933
NorsePony933
BronzeNinja69951, white is void if color so there is no combination to produce it.