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