secondary color

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Recent Examples of secondary color Then your secondary color should be a color that works with the main one (with blue, for example, that could be red). Eleni Gage, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025 According to the league’s press release, the Seattle team’s primary color will be emerald green, with cream as its secondary color. Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 On color wheels, hues are the primary and secondary colors found at the outermost ring of the diagram. Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024 Yes blue should be the secondary color given what the home kits look like for Charlotte. Brooks Peck, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025 By understanding the psychological effects of primary and secondary colors, marketers can utilize visual design more effectively. Jessica Wong, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 And then there’s Better Now, which uses a lot of secondary colors. Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024 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 Have 60 percent of your room a neutral color like sand, 30 percent a secondary color like plum, and 10 percent a complementary accent like mustard yellow. Go beyond throw pillows. Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary color
Noun
  • White and red are the primary colors of papal dress, with white representing purity and charity, and red representing compassion and sacrifice.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
  • This allows a high-density LED backlight to individually control the red, green and blue primary color elements that go into creating a TV picture, so that each color can emit its own light independently of the others.
    John Archer, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Secondary and tertiary colors can also be complementary, like blue-greens and red-purples.
    Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024

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“Secondary color.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20color. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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