PRIMARY SUBTRACTIVE COLOUR FOR LIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does primary subtractive colour for light mean? 

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

1. any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIMARY SUBTRACTIVE COLOUR FOR LIGHT (noun)

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Meaning:

Any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

primary subtractive color for light; primary subtractive colour for light

Context example:

the primary subtractive colors for light are magenta, cyan, and yellow

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

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