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Meanings of primary colour in English

Portuguese
cor primária
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Any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing.

cor primária
Synonyms
Examples for "primary color"
Examples for "primary color"
1
Deep caves show the primary color of Dark in its truest form.
The Land of Painted Caves
2
Everywhere, the primary color of blood was clashing with the suite's pastel hues.
Secret of the seventh son
3
Among the mellow pigments of the Roman canvas she was a glaring splotch of primary color.
The Title Market
4
Since the shirt's primary color is blue, that means it's wearable with most pieces, including khakis or denim.
Ebony
5
Blonde is not a primary color.
The new yorker
Usage of primary colour in English
1
No primary colour in the strict sense, and nothing fortissimo.
The Irish Times
2
Sharon here named an equally well-known primary colour-notred.
The Wrong Twin
3
The choice of such a primary colour means furniture in other strong colours will also pop.
The Irish Times
4
He believed that there was "no such thing as a primary colour, every colour being a mixture of two, making a third."
An Ethical Problem / Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentat...
5
With every passing album, though, jazz has become more and more of a primary colour in that spectrum for what Ellison is trying to achieve.
The Irish Times
6
In some natures there are no half-tones; nothing but raw primary colours.
Revenge!
7
We remember the broad brush strokes and primary colours, though, not the detail.
The Irish Times
8
The small reception, decorated in bold primary colours, is essentially a gift shop.
The Guardian
9
Silk rustles, as costumes in primary colours are pulled out from suit carriers.
The Irish Times
10
I remembered how they hated almost all primary things, but especially primary colours.
Alarms and Discursions
11
His eye for art took in the primary colours and the layered brushwork.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
12
Her designs for the windows are of maritime Christian symbols in strong primary colours.
The Irish Times
13
These two new primary colours were complementary to one another.
Last and First Men
14
Angled verticals and stubby horizontals: I'm in Mondrian country, before he discovered primary colours.
The Irish Times
15
This handsome, solid campaign thriller paints its primary colours in darkening shades of grey.
The Guardian
16
Cocktails in primary colours glint with crushed ice and have mixing sticks and paper umbrellas.
The Irish Times
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Translations for primary colour
Portuguese
cor primária