primary colour
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primary colour
noun primary colours · primary color
- Any of three colours which, when added to or subtracted from others in different amounts, can generate all other colours. Red, blue and green are additive primary colours.
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noun any of three colours which can generate all other colours
| Español | color primario |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 원색 wonsaek |
| 日本語 | 原色 genshoku |
| 中文 | 原色 yuánsè, 基色 jīsè |
| Français | couleur primaire |
| Deutsch | Grundfarbe, Primärfarbe |
| Ελληνικά | βασικό χρώμα vasikó chróma |
| Română | culoare primară, culoare fundamentală |
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