tertiary color


tertiary color

noun

Definition of TERTIARY COLOR

1
: a color produced by mixing two secondary colors
2
: a color produced by an equal mixture of a primary color with a secondary color adjacent to it on the color wheel

First Known Use of TERTIARY COLOR

circa 1864

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