primary color
See also: primary colour
English
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editNoun
editprimary color (plural primary colors)
- Any of three colors which, when added to or subtracted from others in different amounts, can generate all other colors
- Coordinate terms: secondary color, tertiary color
- Red, blue and green are additive primary colors.
- Magenta, yellow and cyan are subtractive primary colors.
Translations
editany of three colors which can generate all other colors
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Further reading
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