complementary
adjective
forming a complement; completing.
complementaries
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pluralof complementary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But just as much as complementaries, van Gogh loved using colors that are adjacent on the color wheel.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2019
This novel about young Ged’s education in both magic and self-understanding relies throughout on Taoist notions of complementaries — the balance between light and dark, speech and silence, self and shadow.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2016
In a similar way, light and dark tints act as complementaries.
From The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners by William Henry Pyle
But yellow and purple are not the only complementaries.
From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
The complementaries of red and violet are exceedingly trying to most complexions, and orange and orange-yellow are fatiguing to the eye.
From The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference by Joseph Triemens
