primary_color (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *primary color*:
NOUN	attribute	primary color, primary colour	any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing

English > *primary color*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	Any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing.
Synonym	primary colour
Narrower	primary color for light, primary colour for light	Any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing
Narrower	primary color for pigments, primary colour for pigments	Any of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixing
Broader	color, colour, coloring, colouring	A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
Spanish	color primario
Catalan	color primari

HyperDic: primary_color