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Equal Mixtures of all 3 base colors=Black,Greys,White

#000000

#333333

#666666

#999999

#cccccc

#ffffff

BASIC COLORS = Red, Green, Blue - dark to light

Final color
Name

#330000

#660000

#990000

#cc0000

#ff0000

Red

#003300

#006600

#009900

#00cc00

#00ff00

Green

#000033

#000066

#000099

#0000cc

#0000ff

Blue

#cccc00

#ffff00

Yellow

#cc00cc

#ff00ff

Magenta

#00cccc

#00ffff

Cyan

Equal proportions Red+Green


#333300

#666600

#999900

Equal proportions Red+Blue


#330033

#660066

#990099

Equal proportions Green+Blue


#003333

#006666

#009999

Examples of changing shades and hues


20% more Red + equal amounts Green & Blue
#663333

#996666

#cc9999

#ffcccc

40% more Red + equal amounts Green & Blue


#993333

#cc6666

#ff9999

20% more Green + equal amounts Red & Blue


#336633

#669966

#99cc99

#ccffcc

40% more Green + equal amounts Red & Blue


#339933

#66cc66

#99ff99

20% more Blue + equal amounts Red & Green


#333366

#666699

#9999cc

#ccccff

40% more Blue + equal amounts Red & Green


#333399

#6666cc

#9999ff

You get the picture? Now you should be able to experiment yourself.

And here are examples of some popular colors.


50% Red+Green; Red+Blue; Green+Blue
Olive

Violet

Teal

#808000

#800080

#008080

More popular colors by name. The last row are good background colors
Gold

Orange

Brown

Sienna

Maroon

#ffcc00

#ff9900

#993333

#996633

#990000

Purple

Royal blue

Turquoise

Chartreuse

Aquamarine

#9933ff

#3366cc

#33cccc

#66ff00

#66ffcc

Light pink

Sky blue

Light cyan

Pale Green

Antique white

#ffcccc

#00ccff

#ccffff

#99ff99

#ffffcc

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