primitive color
NOUN
primary color
Synonyms
WEAK
Example Sentences
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But sad color was not dismal and dull save in name; it was brown in tone, and brown is warm, and being a primitive color is, like many primitive things, cheerful.
From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse
