secondary color

noun

Definition of secondary colornext
as in primary color

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Recent Examples of secondary color Jones wore purple — the secondary color produced when the primary colors of red and blue and blended. — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 4 Jan. 2026 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 Both employ their respective primary color for all of the upper save for the Swoosh and mustache in the secondary color. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for secondary color
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  1. primary color
  2. tertiary color
Noun
  • The University of Kansas’ colors are crimson and blue, but for a month, green was the primary color in Lawrence as the city embraced Algeria, which made a base camp at Rock Chalk Park and the DoubleTree.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
  • Four sizes are offered, ranging from petit robusto to toro gordo, all with a blue foot ribbon, the primary color of the Honduran flag.
    — Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 19 June 2026
Definition of primary color
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  • Having a tertiary color would’ve helped to break up the red, especially since the lettering is the same color.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • There are six tertiary colors because of the mixing of the three primary colors with three secondary colors, and they are located between primary and secondary colors on the color wheel.
    — Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of tertiary color

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“Secondary color.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20color. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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