PRIMARY COLOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing

Synonyms:

primary color; primary colour

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("primary color" is a kind of...):

color; coloring; colour; colouring (a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "primary color"):

primary color for pigments; primary colour for pigments (any of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixing)

primary color for light; primary colour for light (any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing)