COMPLEMENTARY COLOR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)

Example:

yellow and blue are complementaries

Synonyms:

complementary; complementary color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("complementary color" is a kind of...):

chromatic color; chromatic colour; spectral color; spectral colour (a color that has hue)

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