tertiary color

tertiary color
noun Date: circa 1864 1. a color produced by mixing two secondary colors 2. a color produced by an equal mixture of a primary color with a secondary color adjacent to it on the color wheel

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  • Tertiary color — Tertiary Ter ti*a*ry, a. [L. tertiarius containing a third part, fr. tertius third: cf. F. tertiaire. See {Tierce}.] 1. Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word. Trench. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tertiary color — n a color produced by mixing two secondary colors …   Medical dictionary

  • Tertiary color — A tertiary color is a color made by mixing one primary color with one secondary color, in a given color space such as RGB [cite book | title = How Video Works | author = Marcus Weise and Diana Weynand | publisher = Focal Press | year = 2007 |… …   Wikipedia

  • tertiary color — noun : a color produced by mixing two secondary colors * * * a color, as brown, produced by mixing two secondary colors. [1860 65] * * * tertiary color, a color formed by mixing two binary colors …   Useful english dictionary

  • tertiary color — color produced by mixing two secondary colors …   English contemporary dictionary

  • tertiary color — a color, as brown, produced by mixing two secondary colors. [1860 65] * * * …   Universalium

  • Tertiary — Ter ti*a*ry, a. [L. tertiarius containing a third part, fr. tertius third: cf. F. tertiaire. See {Tierce}.] 1. Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word. Trench. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) Possessing some… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tertiary age — Tertiary Ter ti*a*ry, a. [L. tertiarius containing a third part, fr. tertius third: cf. F. tertiaire. See {Tierce}.] 1. Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word. Trench. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tertiary formation — Tertiary Ter ti*a*ry, a. [L. tertiarius containing a third part, fr. tertius third: cf. F. tertiaire. See {Tierce}.] 1. Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word. Trench. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tertiary period — Tertiary Ter ti*a*ry, a. [L. tertiarius containing a third part, fr. tertius third: cf. F. tertiaire. See {Tierce}.] 1. Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word. Trench. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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