as in secondary color
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Recent Examples of primary color
Here, orange is the primary color with accents of blue and pale green.
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
The pilot watch’s dial features a team’s primary color, like the Detroit Lions’s Honolulu Blue, and the second hand its secondary color—in this case, silver.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025
One other advantage for Epson's design is that using a separate imaging chip for each primary color guarantees that the image will be free of rainbow artifacts (red, green, and blue flashes).
—PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
Swift hasn’t announced any of the song titles or collaborators, though much of her promotion has been orange-hued, suggesting that may be the primary color scheme.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
The pilot watch’s dial features a team’s primary color, like the Detroit Lions’s Honolulu Blue, and the second hand its secondary color—in this case, silver.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025
One other advantage for Epson's design is that using a separate imaging chip for each primary color guarantees that the image will be free of rainbow artifacts (red, green, and blue flashes).
—PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
Swift hasn’t announced any of the song titles or collaborators, though much of her promotion has been orange-hued, suggesting that may be the primary color scheme.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for primary color
Noun
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Jones wore purple — the secondary color produced when the primary colors of red and blue and blended.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
4 Jan. 2026
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Lock-Down Color Palettes: Exact hex and CMYK codes for your main and secondary colors.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Nov. 2025
Noun
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What are the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors on a color wheel?—
Kate Reggev,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2024
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Pair with vibrant teals or calm navy for a colorful primary or tertiary color palette.—
Kaylei Fear,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Oct. 2023
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“Primary color.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primary%20color. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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