RGB Color Model, 2

Dust RGB image with blocks of color for each primary and secondary color plus black and white displayed (this is used in an exercise) Box showing the contribution of red, green, and blue to creating the color black Box showing the contribution of red, green, and blue to creating the color black Box showing the contribution of red, green, and blue to creating the color black Box showing the contribution of red, green, and blue to creating the color black Box showing the contribution of red, green, and blue to creating the color black Box showing the contribution of red, green, and blue to creating the color black Box showing the contribution of red, green, and blue to creating the color black Box showing the contribution of red, green, and blue to creating the color black Box showing the contribution of red, green, and blue to creating the color black

Complete the following statements about how the colors are produced. (Use the selection box to choose the answer that best completes the statement.)

a) Yellow is made by mixing
The correct answer is red & green.
b) Cyan is made by mixing
The correct answer is green & blue.
c) Magenta is made by mixing
The correct answer is red & blue.
d) Gray is made by mixing in equal proportions.
The correct answer is any three colors.
e) Black is the of the three primary colors.
The correct answer is absence.
f) White is made by mixing in equal proportions.
The correct answer is the three primary colors.
Color wheel with the primary and secondary colors

This diagram shows how the primary colors are combined into the secondary colors, with white at the very center. In summary:

  • The primary colors are red, green, and blue
  • The secondary colors are:
    • Yellow (including shades of yellow, orange, brown), made by mixing red and green
    • Cyan, made by mixing green and blue
    • Magenta, made by mixing red and blue
  • Gray is made by mixing equal amounts of three colors (other than just the primary colors)
  • White is made by mixing the three primary colors in maximum amounts
  • Black is the absence of the primary colors