complementary colour

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English

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Complementary color

Alternative forms

complementary color (American spelling)

Noun

complementary colour (plural complementary colours)

(British spelling, colour science) Either of two colours which, when mixed, produce a white or grey.
(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)
Tagalog: magkapunong kulay

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

Finnish: komplementtiväri (fi), vastaväri (fi)
Irish: dath comhlántach m
Tagalog: magkapunong kulay

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