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PRIMARY COLOUR FOR LIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
