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secondary color
noun
: a color formed by mixing two primary colors in equal or equivalent quantities
Examples of secondary color in a Sentence
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Have 60 percent of your room a neutral color like sand, 30 percent a secondary color like plum, and 10 percent a complementary accent like mustard yellow.
Go beyond throw pillows.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
This activity helps with primary and secondary color recognition and sorting skills.
—Nicole Harris, Parents, 3 Feb. 2024
In addition to primary and secondary colors, there are also complementary colors.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2023
The works are on paper, all matte, occupying a middle range of secondary color.
—The Beautiful Ones, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2023
Tri-tone leather is exclusive to the Mulliner, with nearly 4000 possible combinations of the main color, secondary color, and accent color.
—Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
The secondary color is found on the glass front of the computer, the woven power and Lightning cables and the big Apple logo on the back of the iMac.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 18 May 2021
While the Browns have worn all orange helmets dating back to the 1950s, orange has been the Bears' secondary color since their Decatur Staley days in the 1920s.
—Alyssa Barbieri, USA TODAY, 25 July 2022
Each iMac is represented on the Apple website with two colors, because there’s the main color for the aluminum casing, stand and magnetic cable connector and then the secondary color, which is lighter and is found on the glass front of the computer.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 19 May 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1831, in the meaning defined above
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“Secondary color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secondary%20color. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
secondary color
noun
: a color formed by mixing equal amounts of two primary colors
Medical Definition
secondary color
noun
: a color formed by mixing primary colors in equal or equivalent quantities
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