tertiary color

noun

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

Origin of tertiary color

1860-1865

1860-65

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

Color Value C. R. Clifford
Hence, a tertiary color is made of equal parts of two secondaries.

Color Value C. R. Clifford

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