В• deep darks В– Because each color has a matching complement on the opposite side of the color wheel, it is possible to choose one or two pairs of paints as mixing complements, which means dark grays can be conveniently mixed from just two paints. In this way, the secondary palette addresses the four fundamental palette limitations found in the 'primary' triad palette: They just do the commonsensical thing, and add three paints where the 'primary' paint mixtures are dullest.

Painters who use this palette do not try to split or fix the 'impurity' of three 'primary' paints they know that saturation costs are inevitable, not the result of tainted 'primary' colors. It is also the foundation of any colorist palette, which attempts to sample the entire range of hues, specifically including oranges, greens and purples, at close to maximum saturation.

M.Graham, Daniel Smith & Maimeri paints.Д¦ : nickel azomethine yellow (PY150), cadmium scarlet (PR108), quinacridone magenta (PR122), ultramarine blue (PB29), phthalocyanine blue GS (PB15:3), phthalocyanine green YS (PG36) В• Because it provides pure pigment paints for each of the six colors in the secondary color wheel, the secondary palette offers the most evenly balanced and highly saturated range of mixing possibilities of any minimal palette.

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