"tertiary colour" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tertiary colours [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tertiary colour (plural tertiary colours)
  1. (British spelling) Any colour that results from the mixing of two secondary colours, or of a primary colour and an adjacent secondary colour. Wikipedia link: tertiary colour Tags: UK Synonyms: tertiary color [US] Coordinate_terms: primary colour, secondary colour Translations (any colour that results from the mixing of two secondary colours): couleur tertiaire [feminine] (French), Tertiärfarbe [feminine] (German), tae mātāmuri (Maori), color terciario [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tertiary_colour-en-noun-g8fHYjXk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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