Which of this is the primary color? Yellow or green?

Question

I have been thinking about this one for a long time. At school we learn that the primary colors are red, yellow and blue, and from these 3 we can mix them up to make all the other colors. So where does the green come from on a TV screen or computer screen?

Answer 1

Ok, there was a similar question some time ago that was like this, rather than cope and paste the answer, I will give a summary.

Two types of colour mixing:-

Light mixing - RED GREEN BLUE - This is why the dots on your TV screen are these colours. From these ALL colours can be made - obviously really as you can see all the colours of the rainbow on your TV but the noly colour the phosphor dots are, is RED GREEN and BLUE.

Now we come onto dye/paint mixing. The colours are different. They are (as you might guess) exactly the same ones that are in your inkjet printer or colour laser: CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW.

Cyan and Magenta ink for example, combine to make Blue.


So, in actual fact, school is not quite right here, they are confusing Blue with Cyan and Magenta with Red. They did get Yellow right though.

If they try and argue this point - ask them how an injet printer can print a blue square when it only has cyan, magenta and yellow ink.

Might get you called a smart**** but I guarantee they will NOT be able to prove you wrong :)

Answer 2

Red is a primary, Yellow is a primary,Blue is a primary
Red + Yellow = Orange
Yellow + Blue = Green (therefore green is a secondary color not primary.)
And also Red + Blue = Purple

Answer 3

Isn't green made from yellow and blue? Making yellow the primary color.

Answer 4

Yellow is primary; yellow and blue give green on the screen.

Answer 5

Yellow and green because yellow and blue make green and they are all primary colors! R.O.Y.G.B.I.V R for red O for orange Y for yellow G for green B for blue I for indigo V for violet .

Answer 6

It depends on the situation. In television, the primaries are red, green, and blue, and you need to learn about a thing called a "chromaticity diagram" to see why. There are some really neat tricks you can play with one of these, especially if you are into things like theater lighting, and I suggest that you try Wikipedia or a Google search to get more info.

Answer 7

Yellow.

Answer 8

In the light spectrum, green is actually a primary color. In art, it is yellow. I am not sure why.

Answer 9

Yellow...

Blue and Yellow make green

Answer 10

green comes from mixing the colors yellow and blue together.

this is the colorwheel. without primary colors we cant have any colors in between red, yellow, and blue.
http://www.oxmoorhouse.com/images/Companion/colorwheel.gif

explain more about the color wheel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_wheel