[capnhowdy]

as an artist , I'm compelled to post:
you cannot acheive, (w/ paint & canvas) what I'm reading here. One cannot confuse the spectrum of color with what is created with physical color mixture. The color spectrum is a basic guideline to the physics of color, which is scientifically the explanation to "everything that shallow people will relate to". There are no limits to color and the effects on the mind. Which is to say.... what you may see is not what someone else will see. I've tried some mixtures as suggested in this thread, and if You'll do the same you'll realize that it is totally hypothetic and "textbookish". Color, let alone art, is what is absorbed in one's mind & their imagination. What looks green to me may be teal to you. What is provocative to you may be calming or docile to me. In the minds eye, of course. There is no scietific proof that we even see color at the same level or hue or tone, etc. Especially intensity. Color is a very personal thing. " I saw red" may mean to you that you were really pissed while to someone else may mean they were totally elated.