Color Theory: Mixing Paint Colors : Color Theory: Mixing Primary Colors

[OliveGardenTroll]

You guys should be called "failurevillage" cuz you're not special at anything.

[Mudimush]

This is obsolete color theory. Artists cling to it, because it's what "the masters" used. But the masters didn't have access to magenta and cyan pigments.

[7heReaper]

this is good if you like washed out colours because the real primary colours of pigment are magenta cyan and yellow thats why she thinks yellow is brighter its because its one of the real primary's

[sjkdec18]

red and green make yellow

[crazayism]

@sjkdec18 that's if your generating the light (like a computer screen or a tv)

however, if your reflecting light, like off of a painting, yellow then takes green's place as a primary color. I clicked on this video hoping for a further explanation of why this is the way it is; as i don't completely understand it either. I guess my search shall continue =)

[tiffanymondesir]

yeah... this isn't really a "colour theory" video when she says nothing can make up yellow. Additively yellow is made by green and red. This should be called a painters primary video.

[benesh1000]

YOU CAN!!! get red and blue by mixing other coulours: mixing yellow with magenta produces red, and mixing magenta with cyan produces blue!

[JustWonderingHowToDo]

Don' t agree with this. For me the primaries are yellow, magenta and cyan. The secondaries are red-orange, blue-violet, green.

[dominguezac]

i have the same problem watching expert village.I also avoid expert village.

[BeamSurfer]

i'm sorry my friend, the true colors are cyan, magenta and yellow, and they make black and are dual to the light colors red, blue and green.

[peperonyandchease]

The primary colors are red, green, and blue, that's why those colors are used in traffic lights

[manuela1102]

@peperonyandchease green is not a primary color. Stop saying green is a primary colors. And what does traffic lights have to do with anything.

[MultiGoban]

@peperonyandchease HHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHH RETARD HAHAH

[TruthSurge]

Technically, red and blue are not primary. They are holdovers from Newton (400 years ago) and the true primaries in terms of pigment would be magenta (hot red/berry color) and cyan (greenish blue like the sky).

So, yes, you can mix two colors and get red. Mix magenta with a hint of yellow and you will get a very nice red. I'm creating a DVD about color theory and just snooping around the web to see if I'm leaving out anything. rock on.

[TimJSwan89]

I agree media4macs. Actually if you map out the primary colors (science in your definition) and the secondary to those, (secondary to yellow, magenta and cyan are green, blue, and red) you can observe that the "traditional" primary colors (yellow, blue, and red) 2 are off by one click. Yes you can make a lot of colors with them, but not all. Magenta + Cyan = blue, but how do you make Cyan from Blue, Red, and Yellow? I usually go about explaining it that way. Those are even light like yellow!

[TruthSurge]

@TimJSwan89 Yep. when you think about it, red and blue are just dirty results of mixing the primaries cyan, magenta and yellow. If you don't have magenta and cyan (or similar) in your palette, it doesn't mean you can't make great paintings but you basically lose some brilliance in a few areas. What if you NEEDED a hot pink berry color? How you gonna get that with red? Canno doit capn.

[Media4Macs]

I've always had this discussion with Physics students for over 30 years. Primary colors are red, green and blue. Primary pigments are magenta, yellow and cyan.

Art vs. Science???

[TruthSurge]

@Media4Macs That's why when discussing color theory as it relates to painting or subtractive color, one needs to inform people that red and blue are NOT primary but are close approximations.  You can certainly get a red by mixing magenta and yellow. So, your gamut of colors is wider using the CYMK model vs the RYB model. Just good to know.

[bagoona]

I`ve taken pills in primary colors. Muchas Buzzos

[GossipGirl3033]

oh i get it now

very wonderful

[cuteiheart]

Can this be a playlist?