Orange is between red and yellow because orange is made by mixing red with yellow. On a color wheel, each secondary color is between the primary colors that are used to make it.
For instance, if you mix red and yellow, you get orange.Ī color wheel shows how colors are related. A secondary color is made by mixing two primary colors. Orange, green and purple are the secondary colors. You can't make them by mixing any other colors. Primary colors are the most basic colors.
Red, yellow and blue are the primary colors.
