The predominant error was to misname a colour with a perceptually relatedprimarycolourterm.
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These are the primary colours, and their linguistic labels are theprimarycolourterms.
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Cues were assigned to the three primary colours.
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With patterned socks, ideally the background colour of the sock should match theprimarycolourof the suit.
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Pink was adopted as the club'sprimarycolourfor their third uniform in 2007.
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Each of the houses were allocated aprimarycolourthat the students could choose to wear on sporting occasions, including swimming carnivals and athletics days.
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The reformers wanted those single, well-circumscribed blocks of primary colours.
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About fifteenprimarycolourmutations have been established in the species and enable the production of many different combinations.
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Incorrect responses tend to be primary rather than derived terms, and conversely, primary colours are less likely to be named incorrectly than derived colours.
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Internal partitions were plastered and painted white but small areas ofprimarycolourwere placed at significant points throughout the building.
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Vivex was a wash-off relief process using three negatives on waxed cellophane, one for eachprimarycolour.
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Itsprimarycolouris black but it also comes in a red burst colour.
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At the secondary school level, the tassel is usually either the school'sprimarycolouror a mix of the school's colours with as many as three colors in a tassel.
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On the contrary, it should find its expression in the abstraction of form and colour, that is to say, in the straight line and the clearly definedprimarycolour.
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The projection ofprimarycolourlights on a screen shows secondary colours where two overlap; the combination red, green, and blue each in full intensity makes white.
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