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Meanings of primary colours in anglès

rus
основные цвета
portuguès
cor primária
català
color primari
espanyol
colores primarios
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Sets of colors that can be combined to make a useful range of colors.

color primari
Usage of primary colours in anglès
1
In some natures there are no half-tones; nothing but raw primary colours.
Revenge!
2
We remember the broad brush strokes and primary colours, though, not the detail.
The Irish Times
3
The small reception, decorated in bold primary colours, is essentially a gift shop.
The Guardian
4
Silk rustles, as costumes in primary colours are pulled out from suit carriers.
The Irish Times
5
I remembered how they hated almost all primary things, but especially primary colours.
Alarms and Discursions
6
His eye for art took in the primary colours and the layered brushwork.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
7
Her designs for the windows are of maritime Christian symbols in strong primary colours.
The Irish Times
8
These two new primary colours were complementary to one another.
Last and First Men
9
Angled verticals and stubby horizontals: I'm in Mondrian country, before he discovered primary colours.
The Irish Times
10
This handsome, solid campaign thriller paints its primary colours in darkening shades of grey.
The Guardian
11
Cocktails in primary colours glint with crushed ice and have mixing sticks and paper umbrellas.
The Irish Times
12
Was it the bright, primary colours or the always appealing sight of adults behaving stupidly?
Radio NZ
13
A row of barbershop chairs angled off into the distance, distinct shapes in primary colours.
Another life
14
They are impeccably tidy, painted in loud primary colours, with plants hanging proudly on walls.
The Irish Times
15
Sharply structured dresses in clear primary colours worn with co-ordinating jackets are popular with executive women.
The Irish Times
16
The soil was red and fields were yellow -all the primary colours were on display.
The Irish Times
This collocation consists of:
Translations for primary colours
portuguès
cor primária
Primary colours through the time
Primary colours across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common