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That's because this pure pigment leans away from Orange and mixes harmoniously with the cool pure Blue. ![]() In this example, if you want to mix a rich Purple instead, use a cool pure Red such as Quinacridone Red. This result is only great if you actually want a rich Brown. In this case it's pure Blue + pure Orangey/Red. Tertiary colors are the final layer of the basic color wheel. Brown is the neutralized result we get from mixing Complementary colors. In a basic color wheel, tertiary colors are a mix of primary and their neighboring secondary colors. In our example above, Cadmium Red is a warm pure hue, leaning toward Orange. Blue and Orange are Complementary Colors. As a result, there are many different pure Yellow, Red and Blue pigment paints available. ![]() Paint is manufactured with organic, mineral and chemical pigments. They are unmixed pigments that can't be created by mixing other colors. ![]() To understand why, we need to look at paint pigments. A Primary Yellow, Red or Blue paint color usually refers to a paint that contains only one pigment. For instance, if you mix Cadmium Red + Ultramarine Blue, you'll likely be sadly disappointed. If you were expecting a deep rich Violet (Purple), the resulting Brown will be a total surprise. The problem is paint pigment never works like that in real life. However, as I wrote in a previous Color Wheel post, color is not an exact science. So in other words, you could conceivably mix gazillions of colors with only three pure Primar y pigments of Yellow, Red and Blue. Of course that's what they teach us in school.
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