primary colors
collocation原色；基色
Red, yellow, and blue are the primary colors.
红、黄、蓝是三原色。
颜色；色彩；色调
colors — plural of color
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颜色；色彩；色调
The visual quality of an object caused by the wavelengths of light it reflects or emits; a particular shade such as red or blue.
The color of the sky changes during sunset.
日落时天空的颜色会变化。
可见光的光谱组成
The spectral composition of visible light.
物体因发射、透射或反射光而产生的视觉属性
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
其中的一个子集
A subset thereof:
趣味性与多样性
interest and variety and intensity
She chose a bright color for her new car.
她为她的新车选了一种鲜艳的颜色。
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These colors blend together perfectly.
这些颜色完美地融合在一起。
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a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
白色是由许多不同波长的光组成的。
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the Puritan Period was lacking in color
清教徒时期缺乏色彩。
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原色；基色
Red, yellow, and blue are the primary colors.
红、黄、蓝是三原色。
配色方案
The designer chose a simple color scheme for the website.
设计师为网站选择了一个简洁的配色方案。
肤色
People of every skin color deserve equal treatment.
各种肤色的人都应受到平等对待。
地方特色；乡土色彩
The novel is full of local color from rural China.
这部小说充满了中国乡村的地方特色。
非常出色地；以优异成绩
She passed her driving test with flying colors.
她以优异成绩通过了驾照考试。
露出真面目
He seemed friendly, but he showed his true colors when things went wrong.
他看起来友善，但事情出错时就露出了真面目。
出色地；极其成功地（尤指考试或任务）
She passed the final exam with flying colors.
她以优异成绩通过了期末考试。
露出真面目；现出本来面目
He seemed nice at first, but he showed his true colors when he lied to us.
他起初看起来不错，但对我们撒谎后露出了真面目。
不得体的；低俗的；略带色情的
He told an off-color joke at the office party.
他在办公室聚会上讲了一个低俗的笑话。
色彩是一种直接影响灵魂的力量。
Many artists believe that color can change the mood of a painting.
许多艺术家相信色彩能改变一幅画的气氛。
我发现，我可以用色彩和形状说出我无法用其他方式表达的东西。
When she began painting, O'Keeffe used color and shapes to capture the feeling of a landscape.
当她开始作画时，欧姬芙用色彩和形状来捕捉风景给人的感受。
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把 color 的五个字母想象成五种颜色的颜料管，拼在一起就是‘颜色’。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、美术与设计、商品描述 color 作名词表示“颜色、色彩”时属于中性词，日常口语和书面语都常见，通常不带有明显正式或随意的语体色彩。多用于描述物品外观、艺术与设计讨论以及商品说明等场合；若表示“肤色”，需结合语境谨慎使用。
Genuine rhyme: duller (/ˈdʌlɚ/). Useful lookalikes: collar, dollar, holler — all have similar spellings but are pronounced with /ɑ/ in US English, not /ʌ/, so they do not rhyme with color.
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