Meanings
nounsecondary colour (plural secondary colours)
plural secondary colours · alternative US secondary color
- UKAny of three colours derived from mixing two primary colours.
Orange (red + yellow), Green (yellow + blue), and Violet/Purple (blue + red) are secondary colours.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 間色 /间色, 二次色
- 間色 /间色 (jiànsè)any of the three colours
- 二次色 (èrcìsè)any of the three colours
Finnish väliväri
- väliväriany of the three colours
French couleur secondaire
- couleur secondaireany of the three colours
German Sekundärfarbe
- Sekundärfarbeany of the three colours
Indonesian warna turunan
- warna turunanany of the three colours
Māori tae mātāwaenga
- tae mātāwaengaany of the three colours
Polish barwa drugorzędowa
- barwa drugorzędowaany of the three colours
Spanish color secundario
- color secundarioany of the three colours
Cite this entry
APA
secondary colour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secondary%20colour
MLA
“secondary colour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secondary%20colour. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “secondary colour,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secondary%20colour.
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