Tertiary colors

A tertiary color sits between a primary and a secondary color on the wheel, and is made by mixing the two.

A 12-hue wheel has six tertiary colors: orange, chartreuse, spring green, azure, violet and rose. Both color models give the same six, because they share the same six primary and secondary hues.

Tertiary colors give you more specific options than primaries, such as a warm orange accent or an azure that sits between blue and cyan.