Definitions for "Tertiary colors"
Keywords:  orange, secondary, mix, violet, primary
Colors that contain all three primaries on the color wheel.
blends of primary and secondary colors (intermediate colors)• colors such as red-orange or blue-green
The colors created by mixing a primary color with an adjacent secondary color of the color wheel. Tertiary colors are created by mixing 3/4th of one primary color and 1/4th of another primary color.