Speakur

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tertiary colour

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables
ter-tiary -colour
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any colour that results from the mixing of two secondary colours, or of a primary colour and an adjacent secondary colour.

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

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

Frequently Paired Words

primary colour secondary colour

Questions

What does tertiary colour mean?
Any colour that results from the mixing of two secondary colours, or of a primary colour and an adjacent secondary colour.

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