tertiary color

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Recent Examples of tertiary color 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 The addition of a tertiary color (green) opened up some possibilities in terms of licensing. Joe Knowles, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tertiary color
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
  • The primary color takes the same spot as orange did before, while the rest of the upper and sole unit opt for a mix of white, gray and black, without the olive green used previously.
    Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 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

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“Tertiary color.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tertiary%20color. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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