RYB color model

The RYB color model, also known as the traditional painters' color model, uses red, yellow, and blue as its primary colors. These colors are considered primary because they cannot be created by mixing other hues.1

Mixing two primary colors produces secondary colors:
* Yellow and blue create green.
* Yellow and red create orange.
* Blue and red create violet.1

Intermediate colors are made by mixing a primary color with an adjacent secondary color. Theoretically, mixing all colors in the RYB model results in black, as pigments absorb and reflect light. This is why it's also called a subtractive color system. While widely taught, the RGB (red, green, blue) model is considered more accurate in modern color theory as it better reflects how the human eye perceives light.123