primary colour

1. (UK)Any of three colours which, when added to or subtracted from others in different amounts, can generate all other colours.

   Red, blue and green are additive primary colours.

   Magenta, yellow and cyan are subtractive primary colours.

   Grundfarbe, Primärfarbe

   any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing

1. There are three primary colours.

   ruЕсть три основных цвета. — marafon

   deEs gibt drei Grundfarben unter den Farben. — list

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2. There are three primary colours and nine secondary colours for a total of twelve colours.

   deEs gibt drei Grundfarben und neun Mischfarben, also in Summe zwölf Farben. — Dani6187

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3. Yellow is a primary colour of pigments, but not of light; those are only red, green, and blue.

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