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Recent Examples of secondary color
The secondary color might show as a thin slice in one eye or cover up to two-thirds of the iris in another.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Colorado, a state whose shape is a simple rectangle, flipped from George W. Bush in 2004, while the secondary color of Davis’ choice of purple paint was created by combining two primary pigments — red and blue.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
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
Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Colorado, a state whose shape is a simple rectangle, flipped from George W. Bush in 2004, while the secondary color of Davis’ choice of purple paint was created by combining two primary pigments — red and blue.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary color
Noun
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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
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What will be primary color of Ariana Grande red carpet dress?—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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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 Jul. 2025.
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