Comparison of color models in computer graphics colors, "Printer's Colors" use cyan, yellow, and magenta, and "Light Colors" use red, green, and blue. "Light colors", more formally known as additive colors, are formed by combining red, green, and blue light. This article refers to additive colors and refers to red, green, and blue as the primary colors. Hue is a term describing a pure color, that is, a color not modified by tinting or shading (see below). In additive colors, hues are formed by combining two primary colors. When two primary colors are combined in equal intensities, the result is a "secondary color". A color wheel is
Blue–green distinction in language in Amazigh language is "Azerwal". In some dialects of Amazigh, like Shilha, the word "Azegzaw" is used for both green and blue. The color of the sky is sometimes referred to as "the green" in Classical Arabic poetry, in which it is al-khaḍrā' (). In Arabic the word for blue is generally "azraq" (). The Arabic word for green is "akhḍar" (). In Moroccan Arabic, the word for light blue is "šíbi", whereas "zraq" () stands for blue and "khḍar" () for green. The word "zrag" () is used to describe the color of a suffocated person, and is also