: any of a set of colors from which all other colors may be derived
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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 Its contrast is minimal, and its white backgrounds don't pop more than primary colors.—PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2025 The visual scheme is deliberately dissonant, with the bold primary colors of the costumes and the set dressing clashing against drab, gray, real-life backgrounds.—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for primary color
: any of a set of colors from which all other colors may be made with the colors for light being red, green, and blue and for pigments or paint being red, yellow, and blue
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primary color
noun
: any of a set of colors (as red, yellow, and blue or red, green, and blue) from which all other colors may be derived
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