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tertiary colour

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

Noun

tertiary colour (plural tertiary colours)

  1. (UK) Any colour that results from the mixing of two secondary colours, or of a primary colour and an adjacent secondary colour.

Forms of tertiary colour

pluraltertiary colours
alternative UStertiary color

Questions about tertiary colour

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

Words near tertiary colour in the dictionary

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

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