primary color

noun

: any of a set of colors from which all other colors may be derived

Examples of primary color in a Sentence

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The device, made of metal, is about the size of a refrigerator, with large buttons in primary colors, like a child’s toy. Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024 Like his photography, Ogbonna’s home is saturated with light and primary colors throughout. Priscilla Ward, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2024 Each dye roll holds 20 repeating sets of four panels: cyan, yellow, and magenta primary colors, plus a clear protective layer. PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024 There are six tertiary colors because of the mixing of the three primary colors with three secondary colors, and they are located between primary and secondary colors on the color wheel. Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for primary color 

Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of primary color was in 1817

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“Primary color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/primary%20color. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

primary color

noun
: any of a set of colors from which all other colors may be made with the colors for light being red, green, and blue and for pigments or paint being red, yellow, and blue

Medical Definition

primary color

noun
: any of a set of colors (as red, yellow, and blue or red, green, and blue) from which all other colors may be derived

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