Understanding house painting color basics and the color wheel makes picking the right hues easier. The color wheel pictured here is based on three primary colors, three secondary colors and six intermediates. Intermediates are formed by mixing a primary with a secondary color, they are called tertiary colors.
Primary colors are red, blue and yellow. Primary colors are the three colors that can’t be made by mixing with other colors. These three colors can be mixed to create all the other colors and be combined with white or black to create tints (lighter tones) and shades (darker tones) of these colors.
Secondary colors are created by mixing two primary colors for example, mixing blue and red make purple. Red and yellow make orange, yellow and blue make green.
Tertiary colors are made by mixing primary with secondary colors. Varying the proportions of these colors creates different tertiary colors. All Los Angeles Painting Company, Inc. 310-470-9218 provides home and office color consultations.
