tertiary color
noun
a color, as brown, produced by mixing two secondary colors.
Origin of tertiary color
1First recorded in 1860–65
Words Nearby tertiary color
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How to use tertiary color in a sentence
Hence, a tertiary color is made of equal parts of two secondaries.
Color Value | C. R. CliffordOn 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
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