complementary colour

See also: complementary color

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Alternative forms

• complementary color (American spelling)

Noun

complementary colour (plural complementary colours)

1. (British spelling, colour science) Either of two colours which, when mixed, produce a white or grey.
2. (art) A colour which is regarded as the opposite of another, so that the two colours together form a pleasing contrast.

Translations

in colour science

Chinese: Mandarin: 互補色 / 互补色 (zh) (hùbǔsè), 補色 / 补色 (zh) (bǔsè) Finnish: vastaväri (fi), komplementtiväri (fi) Irish: dath comhlántach m Japanese: 補色 (ja) (ほしょく, hoshoku), 余色 (よしょく, yoshoku) Korean: 보색(補色) (ko) (bosaek) Polish: barwa dopełniająca f Tagalog: magkapunong kulay

arts: one of two colours, which form a pleasing contrast

Finnish: komplementtiväri (fi), vastaväri (fi) Irish: dath comhlántach m Polish: barwa dopełniająca f Tagalog: magkapunong kulay