primary color
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Dorji’s use of first-time or inexperienced actors results in a mixed bag of performances, but not to any disruptive degree: The primary color in his mosaic is a casual, even proud naivete.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024
It’s a subtractive primary color, which means it never really gets its due.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2022
Trying to describe the specific quality of love you experience is like trying to describe a primary color that doesn’t exist.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2022
While the opening credits emphasize a primary color palette, the color red is featured in particular.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2021
We start with yellow, a primary color; orange possesses yellow; orange likewise possesses red, the adjoining color; violet possesses red, and it likewise possesses blue.
From Color Value by Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins)