tri-color

Having three hues

Tri-color describes something having three colors, typically in distinct bands or sections.

The term often refers to flags—the French tri-color features vertical stripes of blue, white, and red.

Tri-color also describes coat patterns in dogs and cats: a tri-color beagle.

Also spelled tricolor.

flags

tricolore

Three-colored national flag

  • ItalyBoot-shaped European nation
  • IrelandNorth Atlantic island republic
  • FranceWestern European republic

India · Mexico · stripes · national · patriotic · vertical · horizontal · bands · independence · republic

food

Neapolitan

Of a southern Italian city

layered · dessert · stripes · cassata · semifreddo · pasta · rotini · fusilli · tortellini · Italian

pets

calico

Patchy-coated cat type

markings · patches · collie · beagle · corgi · hound · spotted · piebald · dappled · brindle

printing

CMYK

Subtractive color model

lithography · registration · halftone · ink · press · RGB · subtractive · additive · overlay · proofing

lighting

LED

Semiconductor that glows

  • stageRaised performance platform
  • washClean using liquid
  • gelWobbly semi-solid substance

filter · theatrical · spotlight · RGB · mixing · beam · fixture · DMX · illumination · display

Categories
Opposites
color quantity

tri-colormonochrome

Single-color rendering

monochromatic · unicolor · two-tone · polychromatic · multi-color

chromatic complexity

tri-colormonochrome

Single-color rendering

monochromatic · achromatic · colorless · black-and-white · grayscale

Family

tricolor, tricolour, tricolored, tricoloured

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G