primary color
noun
1.
Art.
a color, as red, yellow, or blue, that in mixture yields other colors.
Compare
complementary color
(def 1),
secondary color
,
tertiary color
.
2.
Optics.
any of a set of monochromatic colors, as red, green, and blue, that are added to match or specify the chromaticity of a stimulus or sample.
Origin
1605-15
Examples from the web for
primary color
Gang members have learned that wearing one
primary color
, such as red or blue, makes them too identifiable.
Rather than the
primary color
being a shade of brown, the shingles reflected an overall blue hue.
Each canvas chair comes in the team's
primary color
and the headrest is in the teams secondary color.
Such claims are often accompanied by a pretty silhouette of a skull, highlighted with splotches of
primary color
.
They have two
primary color
morphs which are either mostly white with pale gray on the back and wings, or uniformly dark gray.
The first color code suffix represents the
primary color
.
Describe the
primary color
, and restrict description to one color.
Both collapsed color and
primary color
differ significantly according to time period.
primary color
in Science
primary color
Any of a group of colors from which all other colors can be made by mixing. See more at
additive
, subtractive. See Note at
color
.