Each of the three color spaces has different primary and secondary colors. You’ll hear of the CMY color wheel or CMYK color space when it comes to printing. While RYB is used in traditional art, RGB is used in the digital environment because it works with light. In traditional art, people use the RYB color wheel, which is different from digital art, where you’ll probably hear of the RGB color wheel. So, to make things clear, there are primary, secondary, tertiary, and intermediate colors. Therefore, secondary and intermediate colors are not the same thing, despite common confusion. On the other hand, intermediate colors are mixtures of a primary with a secondary color.
Tertiary colors are produced by mixing two secondary colors in a 1:1 ratio.
