secondary colour

British  

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: secondary.  a colour formed by mixing two primary colours

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Example Sentences

Red is a primary colour, and green, which is a secondary colour, consists of blue and yellow—the other two primary colours.

From Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition by Dresser, Christopher

Red, yellow, and blue, being the primary colours among painters, green is regarded as a secondary colour, arising from the mixture of blue and yellow.

From Five of Maxwell's Papers by Maxwell, James Clerk

By the bushes there is a double row of pale buff bryony leaves; these, too, help to increase the sense of a secondary colour.

From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard

For a secondary colour, orange is well represented on the modern palette, and can point to some pigments as good and durable as any to be found among the primaries.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas