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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com′plemen′tary col′or

n.

1. one of a pair of colors opposed to the other member of the pair on a schematic chart or scale, as green opposed to red, that when mixed tend to neutralize each other.

2. secondary color.

[1820–30]

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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. See more at color.

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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

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