complementary color

complementary color

n.

1. Either one of two colors whose mixture in the right proportions produces white (in the case of light) or gray (in the case of pigment).

2. A color directly opposite another on a color wheel and providing the greatest chromatic contrast to it. See Table at color.

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complementary color

A secondary color that, when combined with the primary color whose wavelength it does not contain, produces white light. Thus yellow, which is produced by mixing the primary colors red and green, is the complementary color of blue. See Note at color.

Thesaurus

Noun

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complementary color - either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments); "yellow and blue are complementaries" complementary chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue