secondary color
noun
: a color formed by mixing two primary colors in equal or equivalent quantities
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The goal is to fill 60 percent of the space with a dominant color, and then 30 percent with a secondary color. —
Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 26 Feb. 2026 Jones wore purple — the secondary color produced when the primary colors of red and blue and blended. —Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 4 Jan. 2026 Lock-Down Color Palettes: Exact hex and CMYK codes for your main and secondary colors. —New Atlas, 12 Nov. 2025 The pilot watch’s dial features a team’s primary color, like the Detroit Lions’s Honolulu Blue, and the second hand its secondary color—in this case, silver. —Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025 The secondary color might show as a thin slice in one eye or cover up to two-thirds of the iris in another. —Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025 Colorado, a state whose shape is a simple rectangle, flipped from George W. Bush in 2004, while the secondary color of Davis’ choice of purple paint was created by combining two primary pigments — red and blue. —Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025 Then your secondary color should be a color that works with the main one (with blue, for example, that could be red). —Eleni Gage, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025 According to the league’s press release, the Seattle team’s primary color will be emerald green, with cream as its secondary color. —Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 26 Feb. 2026 Jones wore purple — the secondary color produced when the primary colors of red and blue and blended. —Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 4 Jan. 2026 Lock-Down Color Palettes: Exact hex and CMYK codes for your main and secondary colors. —New Atlas, 12 Nov. 2025 The pilot watch’s dial features a team’s primary color, like the Detroit Lions’s Honolulu Blue, and the second hand its secondary color—in this case, silver. —Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025 The secondary color might show as a thin slice in one eye or cover up to two-thirds of the iris in another. —Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025 Colorado, a state whose shape is a simple rectangle, flipped from George W. Bush in 2004, while the secondary color of Davis’ choice of purple paint was created by combining two primary pigments — red and blue. —Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025 Then your secondary color should be a color that works with the main one (with blue, for example, that could be red). —Eleni Gage, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025 According to the league’s press release, the Seattle team’s primary color will be emerald green, with cream as its secondary color. —Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Secondary color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/secondary%20color. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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