complementary
either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments) - yellow and blue are complementaries • Syn: complementary color • Hypernyms: chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
1. of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other - 'male' and 'female' are complementary terms • Similar to: antonymous 2. acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) • Syn: complemental, completing • Similar to: additive • Derivationally related forms: complement, complementarity, complement (for: complemental)
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