A tertiary color is a color made by mixing either one primary color with one secondary color, or two secondary colors, in a given color space such as RGB (more modern) or RYB (traditional).
Tertiary colors have specific names, one set of names for the RGB color wheel and a different set of names and colors for the RYB color wheel. These names are shown below.
Brown and grey colors can be made by mixing complementary colors.
Read more about Tertiary Color: RGB or CMY Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Colors, Traditional Painting (RYB), Comparison of RGB and RYB Color Wheels
Famous quotes containing the words tertiary and/or color:
“Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.”
—Karl Kraus (1874–1936)
“... it is not the color of the skin that makes the man or the woman, but the principle formed in the soul. Brilliant wit will shine, come from whence it will; and genius and talent will not hide the brightness of its lustre.”
—Maria Stewart (1803–1879)