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tertiary color

noun

  1. a color, as brown, produced by mixing two secondary colors.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tertiary color1

First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences

“I’m noticing and people are really gravitating toward bold designs — people want boldness in color. Like a tertiary color scheme, the white-on-white kitchens and the white-on-white walls are fading away,” Ramchandani says.

On the side-wall, russet possesses orange, and it also possesses violet; it is the tertiary color made of these two secondaries.

Hence, a tertiary color is made of equal parts of two secondaries.

Color -- N. color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush; tone, key. pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive complementary color; three primaries; spectrum, chromatic dispersion; broken color, secondary color, tertiary color. local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective.

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