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tertiary color

–noun
a color, as brown, produced by mixing two secondary colors.

Origin:
1860–65
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tertiary color  
n.  
  1. A color resulting from the mixture of two secondary colors.

  2. A color resulting from the equal mixture of a primary color with either of the secondary colors adjacent to it on a color wheel. See Table at color.

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Main Entry: tertiary color
Function: noun
: a color produced by mixing two secondary colors
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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