Colour Wheel — Primary, Secondary, Tertiary (detailed) — free printable diagram

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Colour Wheel — Primary, Secondary, Tertiary (detailed)

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A detailed, fully labelled colour wheel diagram showing primary (red, yellow, blue), secondary (orange, green, purple), and tertiary (red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-purple, red-purple) colours arranged in a 12-segment wheel. The centre contains an inner diagram with triangles indicating primary and secondary colour relationships. Side panels distinguish warm colours from cool colours. A bottom section titled 'How Colours Are Made' shows mixing formulas for secondary and tertiary colours with colour swatches.

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