Primary colors- you cannot make these colors out of anything else but themselves, ex. Red, Blue, Yellow
Secondary colors- you make these colors out of primary colors ex. Green from Blue and Yellow, Orange from Yellow and Red, and Purple from Blue and Red
Complementary colors- colors that are opposite from each other on the color wheel, ex. Red and Green, Yellow and Purple, and Orange and Blue
Warm/Cool colors: two groups of colors on the color wheel that either have a colder/cooler tone: Purple, Blue, and Green, and a group that has warmer/hotter colors: Red, Orange, and Yellow