primary color

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Recent Examples of primary color Moreover, the confused tone of the third act should not exist in a film that deals exclusively in primary colors. Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 11 July 2025 The entire complex is painted in bright primary colors and festooned with striped awnings, banners, two United States flags, and seven Texas flags. Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 The clean lines and primary colors, grounded in mid-twentieth-century commercial art, evoke Chris Ware and Ivan Brunetti. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025 Stick with vibrant, primary colors—one of spring’s top color trends—that can really act as your outfit focal point. Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for primary color
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Noun
  • 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
  • The secondary color might show as a thin slice in one eye or cover up to two-thirds of the iris in another.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • What are the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors on a color wheel?
    Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
  • 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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