primary colour

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primary colour

noun primary colours · primary color

  1. UK 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

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_colour_2026,
  title = {primary colour},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/primary%20colour},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}