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English noun: complementary color

1. complementary color (attribute) either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)


SamplesYellow and blue are complementaries.


Synonymscomplementary


Broader (hypernym)chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour









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