complementary colour
Britishnoun
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Since the main character is red, I chose green – the complementary colour – for the pigs, who have stolen the birds’ eggs and are sheltering in the structures.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2016
Blue, as the complementary colour to yellow, is here absorbed, and hence the more energetic action of the blue rays.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
If we deduct the last measures from the first, the difference of aperture will give the complementary colour.
From Colour Measurement and Mixture by Abney, W. de W.
One question was, ‘What is the complementary colour to red?’
From The Fortunes of the Farrells by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
A complementary colour, in its strictest sense, may be described as the colour which, combined with the colour whose complement is required, makes up white.
From Colour Measurement and Mixture by Abney, W. de W.
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