tertiary color

Definition of tertiary color

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

2 : a color produced by mixing two secondary colors

Examples of tertiary color in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The addition of a tertiary color (green) opened up some possibilities in terms of licensing. — Joe Knowles, chicagotribune.com, "Baseball’s weirdest uniforms get shredded in ‘Winning Ugly’," 22 May 2018

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“Tertiary color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tertiary%20color. Accessed 22 Sep. 2020.

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