primary color

Noun

Meaning

any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

color primary blue red cast yellow shade tint tincture primary colour base color central color primary pigment primitive color original color

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Hypernyms

color colour coloring colouring

Hyponyms

primary colour for light primary color for light primary color for pigments primary colour for pigments

Examples

This new plastic idea will ignore the particulars of appearance, that is to say, natural form and color. On the contrary, it should find its expression in the abstraction of form and color, that is to say, in the straight line and the clearly defined primary color. Piet Mondrian

A less bright purple can also be created with light or paint by adding a certain quantity of the third primary color (green for light or yellow for pigment). Source: Internet

For images with a modest range of brightnesses from the darkest to the lightest, eight bits per primary color provides good-quality images, but extreme images require more bits per primary color as well as advanced display technology. Source: Internet

From 1949 through 1963, the primary color was black (trimmed with red after 1951). Source: Internet

In most digital cameras, the sensor array is covered with a patterned color filter mosaic having red, green, and blue regions in the Bayer filter arrangement, so that each sensor element can record the intensity of a single primary color of light. Source: Internet

Navy blue remains the primary color on the home jersey, but the familiar lightning bolt was reverted to gold, and now has navy outlining and powder blue interior trim. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

primary classes primary coating primary coil primary color for light primary color for pigments primary colors