PRIMARY COLOR FOR LIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does primary color for light mean? 

• PRIMARY COLOR FOR LIGHT (noun)
  The noun PRIMARY COLOR FOR LIGHT has 1 sense:

1. any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing

  Familiarity information: PRIMARY COLOR FOR LIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIMARY COLOR FOR LIGHT (noun)

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Meaning:

Any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

primary color for light; primary colour for light

Context example:

the primary colors for light are red, blue, and green

Hypernyms ("primary color for light" is a kind of...):

primary color; primary colour (any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "primary color for light"):

primary subtractive color for light; primary subtractive colour for light (any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light)