tertiary color

noun

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

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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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First Known Use of tertiary color

circa 1864

in the meaning defined at sense 2

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Medical Dictionary

tertiary color

noun

medical Definition of tertiary color

: a color produced by mixing two secondary colors

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