An interesting presentation on the origins and names for colors. The problem is that this never presents the color cyan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHPs0TsSXd0

All color is constructed and derived from the two primary colors Red and Cyan.
in equal amounts of yellow and magenta you will have red.
in equal amounts of blue and green will yield cyan.
This is why the two colors red and cyan are the only two existing colors, the other four colors, yellow, magenta, blue, and green are functions of these two prime colors, red and cyan.

With this in mind, is it not a safe idea to think of color as the two emotive vales of warm (red) and cool (cyan).

With the use of digital image making we have the condition of making images that are bound up with color receptors.

For this thing called color it is easy to remember color as the quite old Kodak concept of "Red Cadillacs BY GM", where Red is Red, Cadillacs is Cyan, BY is blue and Yellow, and GM stands for Green and Magenta. The Red neutralizes Cyan into Neutral Density, BY is the neutral of Blue and Yellow, and GM is Green neutralizing Magenta.

In the final state, Neutral density is exposure and so there is no white black or gray, just density.

It is true that the subtractive primary colors used in printing and color mixing are magenta, yellow, and cyan.

However, it is important to note that there are also other color models, such as the additive color model used in digital displays, which uses red, green, and blue as primary colors. Additionally, the perception of color is subjective and can vary depending on individual factors such as lighting and color blindness.

Overall, while the concept of primary colors is useful in understanding color mixing, the idea that all color is derived from just two primary colors is an oversimplification of a complex topic.

There are systems for the scientific classification of colors;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munsell_color_system