complementary colour

See also: complementary color

English

Alternative forms

• complementary color (American spelling)

Noun

complementary colour (plural complementary colours)

1. (British spelling, colour science) Either of two colours which, when mixed, produce a white or grey.
2. (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