literally third color, colors that are created by mixing unequal amounts of two primary colors; for example, two parts of yellow and one part of blue would yield the tertiary color of a yellowish green.
color made by the mixing of two secondary colors
A color that is obtained by mixing in any proportion two of the three secondary colors - orange, violet and green. Consequently, it contains a bit of each of the primary colors.
A color rendered from the mixing of three primary colors. Examples include brown, olive and ochre.
Color created by mixing of two secondary colors.
A color produced by mixing two secondary colors or by mixing a primary color with a secondary color.
Six colors positioned between the primary and secondary colors on the color wheel.
A tertiary color is a color made by mixing one primary color with one secondary color, in a given color space. Unlike primary and secondary colors, these are not represented by one firmly established name each, but the following examples include some of the most popular.