How to Use primary color in a Sentence
primary color
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The look of the show, the primary colors, the glowing lights of night in Kyoto.
— Eliza Berman, TIME, 10 July 2024 -
Fruits are, in essence, the primary colors of the fragrance wheel.
— New York Times, 2 July 2018 -
This is a team that went from purple and teal to red and black as primary colors.
— Evan Grant, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023 -
The outfield walls are dark green, but elsewhere the primary color is a warm mix of black with a hint of brown.
— Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 16 Oct. 2020 -
Here are four ways to tackle new hues of your favorite primary color, and the pieces that'll get the job done.
— GQ, 1 Mar. 2018 -
The right balance is key to pulling off a primary color scheme.
— Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023 -
But the leaves that still held on seemed to lean toward brown as their primary color.
— Martin Weil, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023 -
The school had child-sized hockey sticks in bright primary colors.
— Alia Malik, ExpressNews.com, 13 Jan. 2020 -
Their new primary color is now orange, with black, white and gold worked in.
— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024 -
Aerial footage of the crash site showed the aircraft was painted in bright primary colors with stars and stripes on its wingtips and tail.
— Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023 -
For example, humans see the world through the primary colors of red, green and blue.
— Stephen Buchmann, The Conversation, 17 May 2023 -
Beach balls flew through the air, polka dotting the blue sky with primary colors.
— Susan Langenhennig, NOLA.com, 29 Apr. 2018 -
In fact, Rogers was a zip-front sweater guy, who often wore primary colors.
— Vogue, 29 Nov. 2019 -
Initially, the draw was to a strong palette of primary colors and to organize the chaos of the décor.
— House Beautiful, 31 May 2023 -
His landscapes are a litany of primary colors and common nouns: blue sky, green grass.
— Garth Risk Hallberg, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2017 -
The primary colors here are white and gray, which offer a pleasing counterpoint to the red oak floor.
— John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023 -
The stadium still figures to be awash in red and black, with Utah fans sporting the Utes’ primary color.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2021 -
Balconies were added and a light gray -- the primary color of the townhomes -- was included with the white on the apartment building.
— Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2022 -
The screen uses tiny dots known as pixels that consist of three primary colors: red, green, and blue.
— Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024 -
Here's where Arizona is snakebitten: While some teams have three primary colors, the D-backs have five, just a few short of a rainbow.
— Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 2 June 2020 -
One of the billboards even plays on George's initials also being the first letters of the team's primary colors.
— Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 25 June 2018 -
Sly looks too cute in a white hoodie with a print of long rectangles in primary colors.
— Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Aug. 2023 -
Though the primary colors were very much a Georges and me thing, color-coding the characters.
— Julia Felsenthal, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2018 -
Brother Rice's primary color is orange; the video does not show any school names.
— Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2020 -
This is the first time a Florida team will not wear orange or blue as its primary color.
— David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Oct. 2017 -
Purple and green These can be used to compliment the primary color scheme or be front and center on their own.
— Holly Garcia, Parents, 20 Sep. 2024 -
Fishing boats in bright, primary colors bob in the shelter of the stone-walled harbor, while the sea wall is adorned with a tangle of nets, lobster creels, and old buoys.
— Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2024 -
The primary colors of Johns’ target collide with the printing press of the Sunday funnies.
— Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023 -
There are six tertiary colors because of the mixing of the three primary colors with three secondary colors, and they are located between primary and secondary colors on the color wheel.
— Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024 -
Each dye roll holds 20 repeating sets of four panels: cyan, yellow, and magenta primary colors, plus a clear protective layer.
— PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
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