primary color
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It’s a subtractive primary color, which means it never really gets its due.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2022
When people think of the color red, says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, they picture a primary color that can be off-putting and overwhelming.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2022
With the aid of food coloring, he completed the red and blue portions of a planned primary color triptych before museum officials caught on that something more than a stomach bug was afoot.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2022
While the opening credits emphasize a primary color palette, the color red is featured in particular.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2021
As a primary color, it is much more rarely seen in nature than either red or yellow.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various