Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secondary colour

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ondary -colour
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of three colours derived from mixing two primary colours.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Orange (red + yellow), Green (yellow + blue), and Violet/Purple (blue + red) are secondary colours."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

secondary colours (plural) secondary color (alternative, US)

Frequently Paired Words

primary colour tertiary colour

Questions

What does secondary colour mean?: Any of three colours derived from mixing two primary colours.

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