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Discover LudwigThe phrase "complementary colours" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used in discussions about color theory, art, and design to refer to colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel and create a strong contrast when used together. Example: "In her painting, she used complementary colours to make the subject stand out against the background."
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complementary colours
noun
Plural of complementary colour
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Complementary colours are a must – I used blue and orange to add vibrancy.
Complementary colours are colours which lie opposite each other on the colour wheel.
You will now use these complementary colours to create a saturation scale ranging from cobalt blue to orange, with grey in the middle.
Print heads with complementary colours of magenta, cyan and yellow were added to black ink, enabling printers to create a full range of colours.
I remember once in an exhibition of the paintings of Patrick Heron in the Tate gallery, realising that afterimages of the colours I was seeing – in complementary colours – were floating all around me in the air of the room.
Some students have embraced comics and kids' toys, crafting souped-up Polly Pocket worlds and dynamic action-figure terrains; others, with their carefully tuned palettes of complementary colours, have concocted spaces that would make Kim Jong-Un proud.
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3. Repaint the scene using your new complementary colour palette.
Mixing a colour with its exact complementary colour can give you an achromatic grey.
Here you will lower the saturation of a colour by mixing it with its complementary colour.
You can either add grey, add white, add black, or dilute a pure colour using its complementary colour.
But her dress was pink and added the complementary colour of the twilight to the orange sky.
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