A secondary color is a mixture of two primary colors. When a painting is based on a secondary color scheme, you will see the three secondary colors: orange, green, and violet (also called purple). This painting of a feast day gathering in a Native American community relies on secondary colors. The artist has used green in the trees and hills, orange in the buildings, and violet in the hills, church building, and ground. The secondary color scheme is bright, cheerful, and used throughout the painting.
William Penhallow Henderson (1877-1943) Feast Day: San Juan Pueblo , c. 1921 Photo Credit: Dover Publications Inc.
Secondary colors look vibrant when placed next to each other. See how this is done within just a small section of the painting, then look for other areas where this is used. Green next to violet
Green next to orange
Orange next to violet
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