secondary color
noun
: a color formed by mixing two primary colors in equal or equivalent quantities
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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.
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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
Yes blue should be the secondary color given what the home kits look like for Charlotte.
—Brooks Peck, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
By understanding the psychological effects of primary and secondary colors, marketers can utilize visual design more effectively.
—Jessica Wong, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
On color wheels, hues are the primary and secondary colors found at the outermost ring of the diagram.
—Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
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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
Yes blue should be the secondary color given what the home kits look like for Charlotte.
—Brooks Peck, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
By understanding the psychological effects of primary and secondary colors, marketers can utilize visual design more effectively.
—Jessica Wong, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
On color wheels, hues are the primary and secondary colors found at the outermost ring of the diagram.
—Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Secondary color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secondary%20color. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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