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tertiary color

American  

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of tertiary color

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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

From Color Value by Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins)

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

From Color Value by Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins)

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