primary colour

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Alternative forms
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Translations

English [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

primary color

Noun [edit]

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Primary color

Wikipedia primary colour (plural primary colours)

Any of three colours which, when added to or subtracted from others in different amounts, can generate all other colours

Red, blue and green are additive primary colours.

Magenta, yellow and cyan are subtractive primary colours.

Translations [edit]

any of three colours which can generate all other colours

Catalan: color primari (ca) m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 原色 (cmn) (yuánsè)

Finnish: pääväri (fi)
Spanish: color primario (es) m

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