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 Colors opposite each other on the color circle; when additively mixed, they create the sensation of white light.
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Colors located opposite one another on the color wheel. When mixed together, complementary colors produce a shade of gray or brown. When one stares at a color for a sustained period of time then looks [..]
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Yellow, cyan, and magenta, which are complementary to the Primary Colors.
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1. With respect to additive mixing, any pair of colors that are radially opposite one another relative to the white point on a chromaticity chart, e.g., the familiar CIE chart. Note: Complementary colors may be combined additively to produce the perception of white. 2. Analogous pairs of colors with respect to subtractive mixing.
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Complementary Colors refer to the colors that appear opposite to one another on a color wheel. The primary colors are red, yellow and blue while the other (secondary) colors orange, green and violet a [..]
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On a color wheel, the colors opposite of each other as in Blue and Orange, Yellow and Violet, Red and Green.
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color that when used together enhance each other
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Two colors that combine to form white light.
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Hues directly opposite each other on the color wheel. As the strongest contrasts, complements tend to intensify each other. A color can be grayed by mixing it with its complement.
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Colors regarded as being in extreme contrast to each other, the 'complement' of a primary color, either red, yellow or blue, is achieved by mixing the other two primary colors together. For [..]
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Colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel, such as red and green, blue and orange, and violet and yellow. When complements are mixed together they form the neutral colors of brow [..]
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Two colors directly opposite one another on the color wheel. When placed next to one another, complementary colors are intensified and often appear to vibrate. When mixed, brown or gray is created. Red and green, blue and orange, and yellow and violet have the greatest degree of contrast. Red-violet and yellow-green, red-orange and blue-green, and [..]
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 - Colors which are located opposite one another on the color wheel (e.g., red and green, yellow and purple, blue and orange); colors which when mixed together will (in color theory) produce a neutral [..]
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When relating to any color this term refers to the corresponding color on the opposite side of the COLOR WHEEL. E.g. for each PRIMARY COLOR, red, yellow and blue, the complimentary color is formed by [..]
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Two colors or hues that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel.
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Two hues directly opposite one another on a standard color wheel which, when mixed placed together make the other appear brighter. The complementary color of a primary color (red, blue, or yellow) is [..]
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Colors that exist directly opposite each other on the color wheel: Blue and Orange, Red and Green, that when combined in the right proportions create white light.
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colors directly across from each other on the color wheel
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The colors that are opposite of each other when viewed on the color wheel.
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