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PRIMARY COLOUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 colour" 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 colour"):
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)
