Primary blue and purple are the colours that would need to be combined to create royal blue. Since royal blue is a hue of blue, all that is required to create it is to darken blue.

The colour wheel begins with red, blue, and yellow as the primary colours. These fundamental hues yield three secondary hues: orange, green, and purple. Most colours are created by combining a main and secondary hue. This colour is a combination of a primary blue and a secondary purple (blue and red mixed together in equal parts).