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primary color for light

primary color for light

3.5
One of three main colors of light, like red, green or blue
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : color primario de luz
  • Red, green, and blue are the primary colors for light.

Examples

  • Screens use primary colors for light to create every shade you see.

  • Red is a primary color for light, along with green and blue.

  • Understanding how primary colors for light work is fundamental in digital imaging.

  • The primary color for light is essential in digital displays.

  • Red is one of the primary colors for light, along with green and blue.

  • To create new colors on a display, you must understand primary colors for light like red, green, and blue.

  • In additive color mixing, the primary colors for light are red, green, and blue.

Synonyms

primary color
vsprimary color for light
  • US
5 2.2

A basic color like red, blue, or yellow that you mix to make other colors

is the specific hue used for additive mixing on screens

Surface Forms

primary color for light singular
primary colors for light plural

Morphology

primary + color + for + light

The meaning is directly built from the constituents: 'primary' (basic/main) + 'color' (visual attribute) + 'for light' (restricted to light rather than pigment), so a learner who knows these words can infer it refers to the basic/main colors of light (e.g., red, green, blue). This is a literal, non-idiomatic composition that is cross-linguistically common, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.

Etymology

Primary color for light comes from the simple idea of lights that mix: three basic lights, red, green, and blue, are used like building blocks and when you mix them you can make every other color. That's why the phrase means 'one of the three basic colors of light'.