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tertiary color

tertiary color noun: any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors, or of a primary color and an adjacent secondary color.

Noun

tertiary color (plural tertiary colors)

  1. (US) Any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors, or of a primary color and an adjacent secondary color.

Forms of tertiary color

pluraltertiary colors
alternative formtertiary colour
alternative formUK

Questions about tertiary color

What does tertiary color mean?
Tertiary color means any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors, or of a primary color and an adjacent secondary color.
What part of speech is tertiary color?
Tertiary color is a noun.
What is the plural of tertiary color?
The plural of tertiary color is tertiary colors.

Words near tertiary color in the dictionary

  1. tertiary butylhydroquinone
  2. tertiary butylhydroquinones
  3. tertiary care
  4. tertiary college
  5. tertiary colleges
  6. tertiary color
  7. tertiary colors
  8. tertiary colour
  9. tertiary colours
  10. tertiary education
  11. tertiary explosive

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