Color Wheel

The color wheel is composed of 12 colors.  Three primary colors, three secondary colors, and six tertiary colors.

Primary Colors

Red 
Green
Yellow

Secondary Colors
Secondary colors are created by mixing two primary colors.

Purple (red + blue)
Green (blue + yellow)
Orange (yellow + red)

Tertiary Colors
Tertiary colors are created by mixing a primary and secondary color.

Red-Orange
Red-Purple
Blue-Purple
Blue-Green
Yellow-Green
Yellow-Orange