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primary color

DEFINITIONS OF: primary color

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n any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing

Synonyms:
primary colour
Types:
primary color for pigments, primary colour for pigments
any of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixing
primary color for light, primary colour for light
any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing
primary subtractive color for light, primary subtractive colour for light
any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light
Type of:
color, coloring, colour, colouring
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
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