What are the three primary colors?

The three primary colors are magenta, yellow and cyan.

Three primary colors refer to the three basic colors that cannot be decomposed. We usually say three primary colors, namely magenta, yellow and cyan (cyan is not blue, and blue is a mixture of magenta and cyan). The three primary colors can be mixed into all colors and add up to black at the same time. Black, white and gray belong to colorless system.

Extended data:

Tri-color matching table

Three primary colors of color and light (additive method)

(Red)+(Green) = (Yellow)

(blue)+(green) = (cyan)

(Red)+(Blue) = (Magenta)

(Green)+(Blue)+(Red) = (White)

Three primary colors of printing/pigment (subtractive method)

(cyan)+(magenta) = (blue)

(magenta)+(yellow) = (red)

(yellow)+(cyan) = (green)

(cyan)+(magenta)+(yellow) = (black)