Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secondary color

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ondary -col-or
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of three colors derived from mixing two primary colors.

American usage

Example Sentences

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

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

secondary colors (plural) secondary colour (alternative, UK)

Frequently Paired Words

primary colour tertiary color

Questions

What does secondary color mean?: Any of three colors derived from mixing two primary colors.

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