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secondary color

secondary color noun: any of three colors derived from mixing two primary colors.

Noun

secondary color (plural secondary colors)

  1. (US) Any of three colors derived from mixing two primary colors.
    • Orange (red + yellow), Green (yellow + blue), and Violet/Purple (blue + red) are secondary colors.

Forms of secondary color

pluralsecondary colors
alternative UKsecondary colour

Questions about secondary color

What does secondary color mean?
Secondary color means any of three colors derived from mixing two primary colors.
What part of speech is secondary color?
Secondary color is a noun.
What is the plural of secondary color?
The plural of secondary color is secondary colors.

Words near secondary color in the dictionary

  1. secondary care
  2. secondary cell
  3. secondary cell wall
  4. secondary cell walls
  5. secondary cells
  6. secondary color
  7. secondary colors
  8. secondary colour
  9. secondary colours
  10. secondary consumer
  11. secondary consumers

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