: any of a set of colors from which all other colors may be derived
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There are multiple styles too, like those in which the handles swapped leather for shiny metals, adding a contemporary twist and masterfully pairing with the models’ midi skirts, playful outerwear clad in primary colors, and preppy tailoring.—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025 The team’s primary colors—Dodger blue and white—align with their Major League affiliate, while the primary logo showcases a yellow bee in mid-flight, buzzing around a control tower.—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Nine Inch Nails' new score prepares us for October’s thrill ride of cybertech and primary colors with clanging beats to rattle our circuitry off the Grid.—Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025 As initially revealed in the April edition of SLAM Magazine, Detroit's city edition uniform looks like a re-painting of their city edition uniforms from the 2021-22 season, but with dark blue and teal as their primary colors.—Christian Romo, Freep.com, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for primary color
: any of a set of colors from which all other colors may be made with the colors for light being red, green, and blue and for pigments or paint being red, yellow, and blue
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primary color
noun
: any of a set of colors (as red, yellow, and blue or red, green, and blue) from which all other colors may be derived
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