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Definition of "three-color" [three•-col•or]

  • Of, relating to, or being a color printing or photographic process in which three primary colors are transferred by three different plates or filters to a surface, reproducing all the colors of the subject matter. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "three-color" in a sentence
  • "This is the physiological basis for what is called “trichromacy,” that is, the three-color basis for human color vision."
  • "If this government does not pass the anti-corruption measure, he says, he will take India's three-color flag and join the people again for a renewed struggle."
  • "I stand by the box of sheet music from the twenties—bright three-color pictures of young lovers strolling in the park and spooning on porch swings, with titles like “A Moonlight Dance”, “Secret of Mine”, “At Sea in Your Eyes”—and wait."
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