How to Use primary color in a Sentence
primary color
noun-
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 -
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 -
The primary colors of Johns’ target collide with the printing press of the Sunday funnies.
— Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023 -
His wheel had 12 colors in three categories -- the red, green and blue primary colors.
— Diane Cowen, Houston Chronicle, 31 May 2018 -
Like the Chatterbait, white, green and black/blue are the primary colors, but a few strands of accent colors can be added to match any forage.
— Pete Robbins, Field & Stream, 10 Dec. 2019 -
Each piece comes in classic French Riviera black and a range of poppy primary colors.
— Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 June 2023 -
And throughout, too much of the dialogue is drawn in the primary colors of the Marvel Universe, as though the novel were struggling against some repressed desire to be a story for young adults.
— Ron Charles, Washington Post, 16 July 2024 -
True to its appetizing namesake, this hue falls in the middle of the spectrum between beige and bright yellow, giving it a fresh, wearable take on the controversial primary color.
— Ebony-Renee Baker, refinery29.com, 6 June 2024
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