primary color

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primary color

noun primary colors · primary colour

  1. Any of three colors which, when added to or subtracted from others in different amounts, can generate all other colors Red, blue and green are additive primary colors.

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noun any of three colors which can generate all other colors

Españolcolor primario
한국어원색 wonsaek
日本語原色 genshoku
中文原色 yuánsè, 基色 jīsè
Françaiscouleur primaire
DeutschGrundfarbe, Primärfarbe
Ελληνικάβασικό χρώμα vasikó chróma
Românăculoare primară, culoare fundamentală

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@misc{primary_color_2026,
  title = {primary color},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/primary%20color},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}