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additive primary colours

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | 283 words | Copyright

additive primary colours The spectral colours red, green, and blue, which, when mixed together by projection through filters, can be used to produce all other colours. None of the primary colours can be produced by combinations of the other two. See also SUBTRACTIVE PRIMARY COLOURS.

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