From the course: Graphic Design Foundations: Color
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Primary colors, primary concerns
From the course: Graphic Design Foundations: Color
Primary colors, primary concerns
- There is a common misunderstanding that there's only one primary blue, red, and yellow. Actually, there are many variations of blues, reds, and yellows that are all considered primary. People think that when you mix red and blue you get purple, but that's not always the case. To demonstrate the variations of colors that come from the different primaries, and show you that red and blue can make something very different than purple, I'll use the traditional media of watercolor and show the effect by painting. Here are some sample blues that would fall into the primary category, but are very different one from the other. Let's take ultramarine and phthalo blue from this chart. Both are primaries, but ultramarine is closer to purple than phthalo blue. Phthalo blue feels slightly more green than ultramarine, a bit less purple. Although neither color can be broken down into other colors, they appear different, one from the other, to our eye. Let's look at the variety of primary reds, and…
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