Red, blue and yellow, or cyan, yellow and magenta? Which are the REAL primary colors? And which primary color wheel is the best for color mixing and color harmony?
More info on the blog: https://sarahrenaeclark.com/advanced-color-theory-ryb-vs-cmy
And check out my previous video about color harmonies and choosing colors that work well together using the traditional color wheel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeI6Wqn4I78
Let’s take a look at the history of the color wheel and try to make sense of this CMY vs RYB color wheel debate once and for all. I’ll try to keep this thorough but as simple as possible, and answer the questions:
- Is the traditional color wheel outdated? Is my art teacher wrong?
- Are there really 3 primary colors that can make every other color?
- What’s the difference between RGB, RYB and CMY?
- Which color wheel is the real color wheel?
- Which color wheel should I use for color mixing?
- Which color wheel should I use to choose color harmonies?
- Why do we even use a color wheel? Can’t we just use all the colors?
- Does magenta really exist?
- And what are IMPOSSIBLE colors and imaginary primaries?
To keep this video as short and simple as possible, I’ve left out some of the extra information that I discovered in my searches, but I’ve included it all in the blog post, along with the sources where I’ve gathered my information, and some extra reading you might enjoy if you want to learn more about color theory for yourself. You can check it all out here: https://sarahrenaeclark.com/advanced-color-theory-ryb-vs-cmy
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