Primary colours are most used in national flags! They are as different from one another as possible and so its better not to use them as a colour combination unless you know how to make them work well. They were very popular and successfully used in De Stijl by Mondrian: Composition with Yellow, Blue and Red 1937-42, copyright courtesy Tate Gallery. He has made this work by using small amounts of the primary colours offset against the most powerful neutrals - white and black. I used the three … [Read more...]