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primary color

pri·ma·ry col·or
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [prahy-mer-ee, -muh-ree kuhl-er]
    • /ˈpraɪ mɛr i, -mə ri ˈkʌl ər/
    • /ˈpraɪməri ˈkʌl.ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [prahy-mer-ee, -muh-ree kuhl-er]
    • /ˈpraɪ mɛr i, -mə ri ˈkʌl ər/

Definitions of primary color words

  • noun primary color Art. a color, as red, yellow, or blue, that in mixture yields other colors. Compare complementary color (def 1), secondary color, tertiary color. 1
  • noun primary color 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. 1
  • noun primary color red, yellow, blue 1
  • countable noun primary color Primary colors are basic colors that can be mixed together to produce other colors. They are usually considered to be red, yellow, blue, and sometimes green. 0

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Origin of primary color

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15

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Parts of speech for Primary color

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

primary color popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

primary color usage trend in Literature

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