Which hue category is formed by mixing two primary colors in equal amounts, as in purple?

Which hue category is formed by mixing two primary colors in equal amounts, as in purple?

• A. Hue
• B. Value
• C. Secondary hue
• D. Monochrome

Answer: (C)

Mixing two primary colors in equal amounts creates a secondary hue. In pigment-based color mixing, the primary colors are red, blue, and yellow. Red plus blue yields purple, which is a secondary hue. The term hue refers to the color family itself, but this question is about the category formed by combining primaries, hence secondary hue. The other options don’t fit this idea: hue is a general color, not specifically the result of mixing primaries; value is about how light or dark a color is; monochrome refers to variations of a single hue, not a mix of two primaries.

Mixing two primary colors in equal amounts creates a secondary hue. In pigment-based color mixing, the primary colors are red, blue, and yellow. Red plus blue yields purple, which is a secondary hue. The term hue refers to the color family itself, but this question is about the category formed by combining primaries, hence secondary hue.

The other options don’t fit this idea: hue is a general color, not specifically the result of mixing primaries; value is about how light or dark a color is; monochrome refers to variations of a single hue, not a mix of two primaries.