tertiary color

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tertiary color¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg