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- Dictionarycom·ple·men·ta·ry col·ors/ˌkämpləˈmen(t)ərē/
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- 1. a color that combined with a given color makes white or black.
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Pairs of colors which, when combined, cancel each other out
Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out (lose hue) by producing a grayscale color like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". Which pairs of colors are considered complementary depends on the color theory one uses: Wikipedia