complementary colour

British  

noun

1. one of any pair of colours, such as yellow and blue, that give white or grey when mixed in the correct proportions

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Example Sentences

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

One question was, ‘What is the complementary colour to red?’

From The Fortunes of the Farrells by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

It is the complementary colour of red, softening and assimilating it by reflected shadows, and setting off the glory of every flower and fruit.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

Let the complementary colour be its auxiliary, and not its rival.”

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

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.