noun
- Either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments. )
- usage: "yellow and blue are complementaries"
- synonyms: complementary color
adjective
- Of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other.
- usage: "`male' and `female' are complementary terms"
- Acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole. ).
- synonyms: complemental, completing
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