secondary color

noun

Any of three colors derived from mixing two primary colors.

“Orange (red + yellow), Green (yellow + blue), and Violet/Purple (blue + red) are secondary colors.”

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Meanings

nounsecondary color (plural secondary colors)

plural secondary colors · alternative UK secondary colour

  1. USAny of three colors derived from mixing two primary colors.

    Orange (red + yellow), Green (yellow + blue), and Violet/Purple (blue + red) are secondary colors.

Translations

Finnish väliväri
  • väliväriany of the three colors
French couleur secondaire
  • couleur secondaireany of the three colors
German Sekundärfarbe
  • Sekundärfarbeany of the three colors
Māori tae mātāwaenga
  • tae mātāwaengaany of the three colors
Polish barwa drugorzędowa
  • barwa drugorzędowaany of the three colors
Spanish color secundario
  • color secundarioany of the three colors
Cite this entry
APA

secondary color. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secondary%20color

MLA

“secondary color.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secondary%20color. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “secondary color,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secondary%20color.

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