primary color
nounDefinition of primary color
: any of a set of colors from which all other colors may be derived
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That would help people who think in one primary color to adapt, perhaps subconsciously, to the idea of multiple colors intermingled as normal. — BostonGlobe.com, "Letters to the editor of the Boston Globe Magazine," 14 June 2019 All groceries and vehicles arrive by plane or barge, and trailer-sized shipping containers in primary colors dot the yards. — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, "The Village Where Every Cop Has Been Convicted of Domestic Violence," 18 July 2019 The country’s largest ethnic group uses the vibrant ornamentation of Zulu beading (above) as a form of communication, with the geometric patterns and primary colors relaying information about the wearer. — Elizabeth Chang, Washington Post, "The best souvenirs to bring home from 10 countries," 2 July 2019 This year’s Pride is monumental is a few ways, Meyer said as the primary colors were mixed behind her to create all of the colors of the rainbow. — Julia Fair, Cincinnati.com, "Covington preps for Pride and transforms crosswalks into rainbows," 7 June 2019 The colors of three quarks cancel one another out inside a proton just as, for example, combining the primary colors red, green and blue makes white. — Quanta Magazine, "Quark Quartet Fuels Quantum Feud," 27 Aug. 2014 The products themselves, all reviewed on Amazon, carry the trademark qualities of the e-commerce giant: algorithmic, splashed in primary colors, designed to blend quietly into the corners of duplexes and condos all over the world. — Luke Winkie, Vox, "Who are these people who write thousands of Amazon product reviews?," 14 June 2019 But the bright, L- shaped kitchen, which is accented with primary colors and fanciful touches, like a Dot & Bo Birds in Motion wall clock over the sink, is vivid and inviting, much like Hayek herself. — Mary Kaye Schilling, Town & Country, "T&C 50: The Beauty of Giving," 7 Apr. 2015 The eighteen paintings at Kaplan marked a change of course into bold primary colors, larger scale, and narratives involving more than one person. — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, "The Darkly Comic Art of Sanya Kantarovsky," 15 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'primary color.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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