tertiary color

A tertiary color is created by mixing three primary colors. Secondary colors, on the other hand, consist of two primary colors. However, they can also be produced from the mixture of a primary color with a secondary color.

Tertiary colors from the mixture of three transparent primary colors. Transparency in percent.

While only about 160 secondary colors can be produced, the number of tertiary colors approaches 100,000. The graphic shows the mixture of the three primary colors of additive color mixing, which are mixed as transparent colors to form tertiary colors.