tertiary color

noun

Definition of TERTIARY COLOR

: a color produced by mixing two secondary colors

: a color produced by an equal mixture of a primary color with a secondary color adjacent to it on the color wheel

circa 1864

Medical Dictionary

noun

: a color produced by mixing two secondary colors

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