What are the three primary colors of the color wheel?

What are the three primary colors of the color wheel?

• A. Yellow, Green, Purple
• B. Red, Yellow, Blue
• C. Orange, Purple, Green
• D. Red, Green, Blue

Answer: (B)

On the pigment color wheel used for makeup and painting, the three primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. These colors can't be created by mixing others, and mixing any two of them yields the secondary colors—orange, green, and purple. Because pigments mix subtractively, combining all three primaries tends to create a neutral or muddy tone rather than a bright white. The other options describe either secondary colors (which aren’t the primaries) or the additive primaries used for light on screens (red, green, blue). So red, yellow, and blue are the correct primaries for the color wheel.

On the pigment color wheel used for makeup and painting, the three primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. These colors can't be created by mixing others, and mixing any two of them yields the secondary colors—orange, green, and purple. Because pigments mix subtractively, combining all three primaries tends to create a neutral or muddy tone rather than a bright white. The other options describe either secondary colors (which aren’t the primaries) or the additive primaries used for light on screens (red, green, blue). So red, yellow, and blue are the correct primaries for the color wheel.