Primary Colors Word Search
This Primary Colors word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — the terms and ideas of a school subject. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Words to find: PRIMARY, SECONDARY, BLUE, YELLOW, GREEN, ORANGE, PURPLE, VIOLET, MAGENTA, CYAN, PAINT, PALETTE.
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Primary Colors word list, defined
- PRIMARY /ˈpraɪməri/ · adjective; noun
- Chief or principal in importance; first or earliest in a sequence or system. As a noun, a primary is an election used to select candidates for a later election. Related: main, chief, principal, leading.
- SECONDARY /ˈsiːkəndəri/ (British); /ˈsɛkəndɛri/ (US) · adjective; noun
- Secondary means subordinate in importance, rank, or priority, or occurring after the first or primary stage of a process. As a noun, especially in British English, it refers to a secondary school. Related: subordinate, less important, auxiliary, secondary-level.
- BLUE /bluː/ · adjective, noun, verb
- Of the colour intermediate between green and violet in the visible spectrum, like that of a clear daytime sky. As a noun, the colour itself; as a verb (informal, chiefly British), to squander money. Related: azure, cobalt, sapphire, navy.
- YELLOW /ˈjɛləʊ/ · adjective, noun, verb
- Yellow is the color seen in ripe lemons and bananas, butter, and many flowers. By extension, it can describe a person who is cowardly, while as a noun it names the color itself or a person or thing that is yellow. Related: golden, saffron, amber, lemon-yellow.
- GREEN /ɡriːn/ · adjective, noun, verb
- Having the color between blue and yellow in the visible spectrum, or resembling the color of growing vegetation. The word also describes something unripe, fresh, inexperienced, politically associated with environmentalism, or informally, money. Related: verdant, emerald, grassy, fresh.
- ORANGE /ˈɒrɪndʒ/ (British); /ˈɔːrɪndʒ/ (US) · noun, adjective, and verb
- The round citrus fruit of the evergreen tree Citrus sinensis, which has a sweet or tart, juicy flesh and a tough, fragrant peel. As an adjective, it describes the color between yellow and red; as a verb, it means to color something orange. Related: tangerine, citrus, amber, tangerine color.
- PURPLE /ˈpɜːrpəl/ · adjective, noun
- Purple is a color between red and blue, formed by the mixing of those two colors. As a noun, it denotes this color or a purple pigment; as an adjective, it describes something of this color. Related: violet, mauve, lilac, magenta.
- VIOLET /ˈvaɪələt/ · noun and adjective
- As a noun, a violet is a flowering plant of the genus Viola, known for its often purple or blue-purple blossoms. It can also denote a purplish-blue color; as an adjective, violet describes something of that color. Related: purple, purplish, mauve, lilac.
- MAGENTA /məˈdʒɛntə/ · adjective and noun
- Magenta is a deep purplish-red or reddish-purple color. As a noun, it names this color and, in some contexts, a vivid purplish-red dye or pigment. Related: purplish-red, reddish-purple, fuchsia, purple.
- CYAN /ˈsaɪ.ən/ · noun
- A greenish-blue colour, one of the primary subtractive colours used in printing and colour mixing, lying between blue and green on the visible spectrum. It is also the name of the wavelength band of light (roughly 490–520 nm) perceived as this colour. Related: turquoise, aqua, teal, cerulean.
- PAINT /peɪnt/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, paint is a coloured substance applied to a surface as a coating, as well as the act or result of making a painted picture. As a verb, paint means to apply paint to a surface, depict something in paint, or describe or portray something vividly in words. Related: coat, colour, pigment, depict.
- PALETTE /ˈpælət/ · noun
- A palette is a range or selection of colors, especially the set of colors used in a painting, design, or other visual work. It can also refer to the flat board on which an artist mixes paints. Related: color scheme, range of colors, spectrum, hues.
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