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complementary color

complementary color is the alternative form of complementary colour.

Meaning of complementary colour

Noun

complementary colour (plural complementary colours)

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

Forms of complementary color

pluralcomplementary colors

Questions about complementary color

What is complementary color the alternative form of?
Complementary color is the alternative form of complementary colour.

Words near complementary color in the dictionary

  1. complementary allophone
  2. complementary angle
  3. complementary angles
  4. complementary antonym
  5. complementary antonyms
  6. complementary color
  7. complementary colors
  8. complementary colour
  9. complementary colours
  10. complementary distribution
  11. complementary distributions

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