Definition of primary colour in English English dictionary
Any of three colours which, when added to or subtracted from others in different amounts, can generate all other colours
Magenta, yellow and cyan are subtractive primary colours.
pri·ma·ry col·our primary colours in AM, use primary color Primary colours are basic colours that can be mixed together to produce other colours. They are usually considered to be red, yellow, blue, and sometimes green. It comes in bright primary colours that kids will love. one of the three colours red, yellow, and blue, which you can mix together to make any of the other colours
The three colours from which all other colours can theoretically be mixed The primaries of pigments are traditionally represented as red, yellow and blue, while the primaries of light are red, blue and green
The set of colours that can be mixed to produce all the colours in a colour space; in additive systems they are red, green, and blue, while in subtractive systems they are cyan, magenta, and yellow
Primary colours - red , yellow and blue - may not be created by mixing other colours On the contrary, they are mixed with one another to produce other colours In printing and plastic arts, magenta (a pinkish red), yellow and cyan (a blue) are used as primary colours because they are better suited to mixing, and yield better balanced secondary colours A mixture of the three primary colours produces black