"tertiary color" meaning in All languages combined

See tertiary color on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: tertiary colors [plural], tertiary colour [alternative], UK [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tertiary color (plural tertiary colors)
  1. (American spelling) Any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors, or of a primary color and an adjacent secondary color. Tags: US Coordinate_terms: primary color, secondary color Translations (any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors): couleur tertiaire [feminine] (French), Tertiärfarbe [feminine] (German), tae mātāmuri (Māori), barwa trzeciorzędowa [feminine] (Polish), color terciario [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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        "(American spelling) Any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors, or of a primary color and an adjacent secondary color."
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          "lang": "French",
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          "sense": "any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "couleur tertiaire"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Tertiärfarbe"
        },
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          "sense": "any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors",
          "word": "tae mātāmuri"
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          "sense": "any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors",
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          "word": "barwa trzeciorzędowa"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "sense": "any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors",
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          ],
          "word": "color terciario"
        }
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        "(American spelling) Any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors, or of a primary color and an adjacent secondary color."
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      "lang": "French",
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      "sense": "any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "couleur tertiaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors",
      "word": "tae mātāmuri"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barwa trzeciorzędowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors",
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      "word": "color terciario"
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