primary color

noun

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

Examples of primary color in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As initially revealed in the April edition of SLAM Magazine, Detroit's city edition uniform looks like a re-painting of their city edition uniforms from the 2021-22 season, but with dark blue and teal as their primary colors. —Christian Romo, Freep.com, 16 Sep. 2025

The primary color takes the same spot as orange did before, while the rest of the upper and sole unit opt for a mix of white, gray and black, without the olive green used previously. —Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025

The pilot watch’s dial features a team’s primary color, like the Detroit Lions’s Honolulu Blue, and the second hand its secondary color—in this case, silver. —Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025

One other advantage for Epson's design is that using a separate imaging chip for each primary color guarantees that the image will be free of rainbow artifacts (red, green, and blue flashes). —PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for primary color

• bicolor
• concolor
• discolor
• tricolor
• colour
• culler
• duller
• multicolor
• technicolor
• unicolor
• versicolor
• watercolor

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