primary colour for pigments

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One of the three basic paint colours red, blue and yellow used to make other colours

noun

: color primario para pigmentos

Red, blue, and yellow are the primary colours for pigments used in traditional painting.

Examples

By blending two primary colours for pigments, you can create a wide array of other shades.
Artists learn about primary colour for pigments to understand how to mix paints effectively.
The primary colour for pigments is essential in art.
Mixing primary colours for pigments creates new shades.
Red, blue, and yellow are the primary colours for pigments that artists use to create a full spectrum of colors.
To achieve the desired hue, one must start with the primary colours for pigments in their palette.
Understanding primary colours for pigments is crucial for anyone interested in painting or color theory.

Synonyms

primary color

vsprimary colour for pigments

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

is specific to pigment mixing using red blue and yellow

Surface Forms

primary colour for pigments singular

primary colours for pigments plural

primary colors for pigments plural

primary color for pigments singular

Morphology

primary + color + for + pigment

The phrase is compositionally built: 'primary' (basic/foundational) modifies 'colour' with the prepositional phrase 'for pigments' specifying the domain, so a learner who knows these words can infer it refers to the basic pigment colours (e.g., red, blue, yellow). This is a standard, literal noun + modifier construction found across languages, so its meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.

Etymology

The noun primary colour for pigments comes from painting. Artists found three colours, red, blue, and yellow, that cannot be made by mixing other paints and so they used them to 'mix' many other colours. That's why the phrase means the 'basic' pigments used to make other colours.