PRIMARY COLOUR FOR LIGHT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing

Example:

the primary colors for light are red, blue, and green

Synonyms:

primary color for light; primary colour for light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("primary colour for light" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "primary colour for light"):

primary subtractive color for light; primary subtractive colour for light (any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light)