colour vs primary colour

primary colour vs colour

colour and primary colour both are nouns.

colour is an adjective but primary colour is not an adjective.

colour is a verb but primary colour is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colour	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
primary colour	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, primary colour is a hyponym of colour; that is, primary colour is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than colour:

colour: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
primary colour: any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing

Other hyponyms of colour include primary color, heather, heather mixture, mottle, shade, tincture, tint, tone, chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour, achromatic color, achromatic colour, coloration, colouration, complexion, skin color, skin colour, dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour, eye color, eye colour.

colour (noun)	primary colour (noun)
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect	any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
the timbre of a musical sound
interest and variety and intensity
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
any material used for its color

colour (adjective)	primary colour (adjective)
having or capable of producing colors

colour (verb)	primary colour (verb)
change color, often in an undesired manner
add color to
affect as in thought or feeling
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
decorate with colors
modify or bias

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